Oh, no: This from my friend in Cairo after Mubarak’s speech.

Heba El-Cheikh exactly! he is bruning our Country dwn! you cant imagine! Tahrir ppl will go crazy! God damn him!
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And what about the military’s announcement this morning that the protester’s demands will be met?

We don’t know what is going on, not at all.

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4 replies on “‘He Is Burning Our Country Down’”

  1. I predict fires and firefights.

    Tunisia’s President tried that too.

    It didn’t work there.

    It won’t work in Egypt.

    Seriously, though, the least our President and our Congress can do is officially cut off all foreign aid and money transfers to Egypt now.

    Especially since we know, thanks to wikileaks, that Mubarak’s family has 20 to 30 billion US dollars in stolen US taxpayer aid.

  3. An egyptian friend of mine just sent the message “The true revolution begins tomorrow.”

    Hold on to something, it’s going to get ugly.

  4. Time to call the White House and demand that the US support the demands of the protesters. We should not give any more money to Egypt, if it is ruled by Mubarak, Suleiman and/ or a military dictatorship.

    202-456-1111

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