Mubarak pledges to step down

[Kulindahr]

Is that enough? He said he won't nominate himself for another term, and this one ends in September.

If you were in Egypt, would that be good enough? would you even trust him?

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Tuesday he would surrender power in September, angering protesters who want an immediate end to his 30-year-rule.

The United States called for the transition of power to begin straight away, stopping short of endorsing Mubarak's plan to stay in office for another six months.

"What is clear and what I indicated tonight to President Mubarak is my belief that an orderly transition must be meaningful, it must be peaceful and it must begin now," President Barack Obama said after speaking to him by phone.

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[TheFireGod]

Stepping down is not the same as waiting for his de jure term to end in September. And who knows what would happen until then.

Not exactly sold on a possible corrupt election either.

 

[JB3]

That's not good enough. The protestors will not stop until 1) He steps down and leaves the country, or 2) Is assassinated. ElBaradei even went so far as to call him a dead-man walking if he does not heed the demands of the protestors and leave.

ElBaradei, a Nobel peace prize winner as head of the U.N. nuclear agency, said in an interview with CNN that if Mubarak did not heed the call to leave power at once he would be "not only a lame duck president but a dead man walking."

More: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/02/01/uk-egypt-elbaradei-idUKTRE7109V220110201

Him pledging to not run (which everyone in Egypt knows is a lie anyways), is not good enough. The man must leave. If he doesn't, he threatens to destabilize the ENTIRE middle east.

 

[Kulindahr]

IMO... he wont make it that far

Wouldn't surprise me.

I think that's what Elbaradei meant.

 

[SLOPPYSECONDS]

no just mubarack step down but da sick in da male cultures what in so many countrysssssssssssss

ans da females what live of da profits of pain

 

[frankfrank]

If he were to run again, he would be 88 when his next term would finish. It's altogether possible that he ALREADY may not have planned to run again, in which case it's possible he's giving up nothing.

I don't think the People will accept this. Clearly they want more.

 

[Just_Believe18]

He needs to step down. When you have that many people crowding at the capital to demand your resignation, you need to respect the people's wishes. This is his last, desperate attempt to compromise over an issue that has been well decided for a week now.

He will resign by next week.

 

[joaama]

If he were to run again, he would be 88 when his next term would finish. It's altogether possible that he ALREADY may not have planned to run again, in which case it's possible he's giving up nothing.

I don't think the People will accept this. Clearly they want more.

His son Gamal was going to take over for him.

This is not good enough in the least bit. He needs to step down now and leave the country.

 

[Just_Believe18]

^ I believe it's fair to let the old 82 year-old geezer die in his home country, but he needs to step down.

 

[JB3]

If he were to run again, he would be 88 when his next term would finish. It's altogether possible that he ALREADY may not have planned to run again, in which case it's possible he's giving up nothing.

I don't think the People will accept this. Clearly they want more.

They want his blood. And if he doesn't step down and leave the country, they're going to get it.

 

[EastMed]

He must go now.

Robert Fisk catches the mood in Cairo yesterday

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinio...y-marched-together-with-one-goal-2201504.html

 

[rareboy]

His son Gamal was going to take over for him.

This is not good enough in the least bit. He needs to step down now and leave the country.

These dynastic dictatorships have got to end in order to bring these countries out of the 15th century.

Mubarak and Co. waited too long.

If he wants to escape with his head and probably about 500 million US dollars he's squirreled away, he and his family should be getting on a plane and going to France.

Otherwise, they may end up in chains. Or worse.

 

[Telstra]

He should step down immediately or he may end up like Nicolae Ceauşescu of Romania.

He don't need to leave the country if the new government let him stay in peace.

 

[joaama]

These dynastic dictatorships have got to end in order to bring these countries out of the 15th century.

Mubarak and Co. waited too long.

If he wants to escape with his head and probably about 500 million US dollars he's squirreled away, he and his family should be getting on a plane and going to France.

Otherwise, they may end up in chains. Or worse.

He may have about $500 million in his pocket, but he has, I've heard, anywhere from $4-25 billion.

 

[jackoroe]

These dynastic dictatorships have got to end in order to bring these countries out of the 15th century.

Mubarak and Co. waited too long.

If he wants to escape with his head and probably about 500 million US dollars he's squirreled away, he and his family should be getting on a plane and going to France.

Otherwise, they may end up in chains. Or worse.

France? That's kind of extreme punishment, don't you think?

 

[MisterMajestic]

Mubarak thinks he can hold office until September..The crowd ain't having it...

 

[sabot3ur]

The protesters are also kinda pissed that he's been paying government workers to protest violently for him

 

[Kulindahr]

From the vid feed this morning, it seems he doesn't care if the capital gets burned down around him.

For my part -- the army should be shooting anyone who throws a Molotov.

 

[rareboy]

Meanwhile the Saudi's are telling him to hold on.

If I were the 'Royal' House of Saud, I'd be careful of the blowback.

 

[Kulindahr]

Meanwhile the Saudi's are telling him to hold on.

If I were the 'Royal' House of Saud, I'd be careful of the blowback.

Link?

I can't find a thing in the news saying that.