Mubarak steps down

[Roperius]

President Mubarak has relinquished his position as leader of Egypt.

Are there any Egyptian nationals on the Escapist? How do you feel about it? Who do you think, or want, to take over?

How do people foresee Egyptian relations with Israel developing/deteriorating?

 

[SPARTANXIII]

Holy S*£^, HE'S NOT TROLLING GUYS. IT'S TRUE, IT'S ACTUALLY TRUE.

Check your local news sites, your Red Buttons, your TV news stations. He's resigned, he's actually FLINGIN resigned!

 

[The Salty Vulcan]

Well...this should prove interesting.

 

[Tipsy Giant]

AWESOME, great to see "the people" taking back their country, hopefully this is the start of something global

 

[DeadlyYellow]

Hurray! Egypt did that... thing... they were doing?

 

[Exterminas]

Oh well. Let's see what becomes out of this.
Keep in mind: Mubarak managed to keep egypt one of africas top-nations for several decades.
It is easy to nag a semi-dictator out of office, but it can be kinda hard to do things better than him.

 

[Eisenfaust]

just imagine what will happen if he runs again... and wins...

 

[Tipsy Giant]

Oh well. Let's see what becomes out of this.
Keep in mind: Mubarak managed to keep egypt one of africas top-nations for several decades.
It is easy to nag a semi-dictator out of office, but it can be kinda hard to do things better than him.

are you serious? he is responsible for diluting the wealth of the country for personal gain, anyone truly out for the people can do better instantly by not stealing from Egypt's people

 

[BonsaiK]

Too early to tell how things will play out. Nice that Mubarak is gone but who is going to replace him, and how...

 

[Raven's Nest]

AWESOME, great to see "the people" taking back their country, hopefully this is the start of something global

Well Tunisia was the start but Egypt carried some real weight in the Arab world. Expect to see many more countries holding protests and demonstrations against dictatorship...

Whether or not this is a good thing for Egypt remains to be seen but you can be sure it's going to make things increasingly unstable in the middle east. It's definately an interesting chapter for Islam too.

 

[Jamboxdotcom]

Oh well. Let's see what becomes out of this.
Keep in mind: Mubarak managed to keep egypt one of africas top-nations for several decades.
It is easy to nag a semi-dictator out of office, but it can be kinda hard to do things better than him.

are you serious? he is responsible for diluting the wealth of the country for personal gain, anyone truly out for the people can do better instantly by not stealing from Egypt's people

that's some pretty serious wishful thinking there. greed trumps incompetence almost any day of the week.
also, to the optimists: keep in mind that at present the military is in control. that sort of situation very seldom ends well...

 

[Antwerp Caveman]

Uhm, whatever?
Also, Nothing's gonna change.

 

[Ldude893]

Wait, he DID?!?

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OT: Okay, celebration aside, I think it's best to start planning for the future of Egypt. Still, this is a pretty revolutionary thing that has ever been done by a nation's people for quite awhile.

 

[Tipsy Giant]

Oh well. Let's see what becomes out of this.
Keep in mind: Mubarak managed to keep egypt one of africas top-nations for several decades.
It is easy to nag a semi-dictator out of office, but it can be kinda hard to do things better than him.

are you serious? he is responsible for diluting the wealth of the country for personal gain, anyone truly out for the people can do better instantly by not stealing from Egypt's people

that's some pretty serious wishful thinking there. greed trumps incompetence almost any day of the week.
also, to the optimists: keep in mind that at present the military is in control. that sort of situation very seldom ends well...

the military in Egypt has always been a service for the people in their eyes and as such I believe they will protect the country until an election is held, why is it that everyone has a negative reaction even when there is the happiest of news.

It may seem trivial to outsiders but to egyptians this is an amazingly important day in their history and wold history

 

[Jamboxdotcom]

the military in Egypt has always been a service for the people in their eyes and as such I believe they will protect the country until an election is held, why is it that everyone has a negative reaction even when there is the happiest of news.

It may seem trivial to outsiders but to egyptians this is an amazingly important day in their history and wold history

i'm not saying it's necessarily bad, and Mubarak relinquishing power is definitely a good thing in the short term. but there are really a lot more negative possibilities here than good possibilities. Egypt has been one of the most stable countries in that region for a long time, and now they're in turmoil. who knows who will end up in power now? there may be good results from this, but there are a lot of very bad possibilities.

and as for the military, maybe you're right. maybe the military is much more interested in the well-being of the people than any other military ever. but i'm going to reserve judgement for now.

 

[Roperius]

Technically the army taking the lead is constitutionally unsound, as it should be the speaker of parliament.

I think, once the initial jubilation wears off, the power vacuum left in the wake of such a powerful dictator will make for some very trying times for Egypt.