Tuning into the radio in the car yesterday and hearing about the demonstrations breaking into violence yesterday was like being punched in the stomach.
Raced home to watch live streaming of what’s going on in Tahrir Square - a terrifying spectacle. The thought crosses my mind: what kind of leader would rather see his people die than surrender to their will? How can western countries remain loyal to their “good friend” after watching what happened yesterday and is continuing to happen?
Mubarak is acting out the choice of Solomon - he’s cutting his baby in half rather than giving it up, and by so doing, showing us all exactly how much he “loves” his child, Egypt.
The world is watching you Mr Mubarak, and judging your actions.
And our hearts are with all Egyptians who have decided that enough is really enough finally - and are prepared to die to prove it.
on Feb 8th, 2011 at 9:31 pm
Tahir Square became the Fort Sumter of the current Egyptian populist protest movement. What makes this an historical case of parallels is that now the protesters have been delinatated formally into both pro and anti Mubarak factions, which requires the presence and role of the military to prevent further clashes of violence between them. This was a classic divide and conquer tactic which has illustrated that the anti Mubarak demonstrators are in serious need of formal leadership and strong organization. This move has also prepared for the following failed negociations to capitalize on a most valuable and even seemingly luxurious time frame of seven months, to regroup and reorganize the Mubarak forces towards facing preparations in the wake of future elections. Mubarak will not be broken just by protest alone, the West has too much at stake depending on Egypt having a clearly chosen and predictable leader to succeed Mubarak. Present day Tabir Square is not the real battleground in this conflict, it will be everywhere in Egypt where the September elections will be held and tallied.