Should have resigned earlier.
Well done protesters, I'm extremely happy for you and I'm even more happy that nothing extremely serious happened today :unsmith:
Remember Burma? Same thing might happen here, military gets too much power.
Power corrupts. Absolute power leads to absolute corruption.
But I still love Egypt.
[QUOTE=Starpluck;27990201]Suleiman is a clone to Mubarak, no one will ever vote for him. Currently everyone in Egypt is for ElBaradei. I'd assume the Army would collaborate with the people to set up a democracy.[/QUOTE]
Hopefully this. Most people think that the military taking over is always a bad thing but in many countries like Portugal when the military took over they actually instituted a democracy.
Although Portugal is a western European country and it's less likely to happen in Egypt. I'm hoping it will though. Can't wait to hear what Glenn Beck and Glaber will say.
I'm not celebrating until they get a new leader in place, and one that's modern and secular. Power vacuums are very dangerous.
I'm happy that everything worked out for them so far with minimal blood shed. Hopefully it will set a good example for the rest of the world under oppressive governments.
So, where will Mubarak go now?
Fuck yes!
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[QUOTE=shian;27990304]So, where will Mubarak go now?[/QUOTE]
To a "democracy" that supported him like the UK or US.
I didn't think he would even do it.
Amazing. Great for the people of Egypt.
[QUOTE=JustExtreme;27990348]To a "democracy" that supported him like the UK or US.[/QUOTE]
He's not safe in Egypt?
And:
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So now the military is in charge of Egypt basically, and we can only hope that the regime will be democratic, since it could easily turn into another dictatorship, where the dictator will first obviously be welcomed by the people as their savior and what not and will make everything better, but after a few years he will refuse to step down and nothing was accomplished.
incoming military coup
Am I the only one who thinks that leaving a country without true leadership is a really really bad idea?
I too wanted Mubarak gone, but the process of slowly easing him out and giving people time to get used to a democratic way of life sounds like the best option to me.
Now he's gone the military is in charge, parties are going to come shooting out of the ground and the people of Egypt are gonna have to make a split-second decision on who they like best, someone they've never heard of, or someone else they've never heard of.
I'm sorry, but there's a reason why campaigning starts so early in elections, it's so people have a chance of making up their minds about the parties before they go to vote, and those are parties that have been in existence for many years in most cases.
Something tells me the early years of Egypt as a democratic country are going to be turbulent.
Good to see him gone though, let's hope Egypt does this right.
Hooray! Victory for the people, and democracy!
Now they need to make sure there are swift elections for a fair leader, and the military doesn't just fuck things up.
This whole thing has restored my faith in the world. I mean, this revolution was pretty damn peaceful considering.
[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;27989598]Holy shit I was NOT expecting this.
Expect hours and hours of fascists on Fox News talking about how bad this is and how we've lost to TEH MOESLUM BORHETHEOUD[/QUOTE]
Lol, he wasn't even a fascist, he was a communist-centrist. Look it up, bro.
[QUOTE=Mingebox;27990253]I'm not celebrating until they get a new leader in place, and one that's modern and secular. Power vacuums are very dangerous.[/QUOTE]
This is true, as of now, we can only cross our fingers tighter in hope that nothing horrible results out of this vacuum.
My dad just put on The Age's website, awesome news boys and girls.
I wouldn't worry much about the military taking power. The military leaders have strong ties with the United States and from the sound of things on CNN they're more worried about another one party system from a rushed election coming through.
About fucking time
[QUOTE=OvB;27990091]Actually, they have banners at the bottom saying: "Mubarak steps down after 18 days of pro-democratic protest."
I woke up to it okay, fox is all my v
ery conservative mother watches. Can't be arsed to change the channel because I'm a lazy fuck.[/QUOTE]
"Muslim Brotherhood celebrates "day of victory""
At least it took two hours.
:sigh:
Tunisia first.
Egypt second.
Who's next? :buddy:
One tiny, minuscule problem...
Who will take power now? What the fuck are they going to do now?
The people all have different views as to what Egypt should become now, so who will step up?
[QUOTE=Flubadoo;27991174]One tiny, minuscule problem...
Who will take power now? What the fuck are they going to do now?
The people all have different views as to what Egypt should become now, so who will step up?[/QUOTE]
Military until they have an election or someone pops up from just popular demand.
[QUOTE=kayOkay;27991155]Tunisia first.
Egypt second.
Who's next? :Buddy:[/QUOTE]
What happened to tunisia anyway?
Because of stupid media, I haven't heard from them since egypt got involved.