Mubarak's fate is cast, and not even the U.S. support will save his government. In Egypt has an intelligent people of glorious history, which left its mark on human civilization. "From atop these pyramids, 40 centuries look down upon you," exclaimed Bonaparte told that at a time excitement when the revolution took him Encyclopedists this extraordinary crossroads of civilizations.
At the end of World War II, Egypt was under the brilliant leadership of Abdel Nasser, who along with Jawaharlal Nehru, the heir of Mahatma Gandhi, Kwame Nkrumah Ahmed Sekou Touré, African leaders with Sukarno, president of the newly liberated Indonesia, created the Non-Aligned Movement and led the struggle for the independence of former colonies. The peoples of Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa, including Egypt, Algeria, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Western Sahara, Congo, Angola, Mozambique and others involved in the struggle against colonialism, French, Belgian and Portuguese with the support of U.S. fought for independence with the support of the USSR and China.
In this movement in motion, joined Cuba after the triumph of our revolution.
In 1956 Britain, France and Israel, a surprise attack on Egypt had nationalized the Suez Canal. The bold and supportive action of the USSR, which even threatened to use its strategic rocket, paralyzed the aggressors.
Abdel Nasser's death on 28 September 1970 represented an irreparable blow to Egypt.
United States did not stop conspiring against the Arab world, which accounts for the largest oil reserves on the planet.
argue do not need much, just read the news dispatches of which inevitably is happening.
Let the news:
January 28:
( DPA) - More than 100 000 Egyptians took to the streets to protest against the government of President Hosni Mubarak, despite the ban on demonstrations issued by the authorities ... "
"Protesters offices torched National Democratic Party (NDP) of Mubarak and police checkpoints, while in the center of Cairo threw rocks at police when they tried to disperse them with tear gas and rubber bullets. "
"President Barack Obama, met with a committee of specialists for advice on the situation, while the White House spokesman, Robert Gibbs, said it would reassess the multimillion-dollar U.S. aid granted to Egypt by the developments.
"The United Nations also issued a strong message from Davos, where he was on Friday the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon."
"Egyptian forces, backed by armored vehicles were deployed on Friday in Cairo and other big cities to end the massive popular protests demanding the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak.
"Medical sources said that so far 410 people were injured in the protests, while state television said a curfew for all cities."
"The events represent a dilemma for the United States has expressed its desire to spread democracy throughout the region. Mubarak, however, has been a close ally of Washington for several years and the recipient of many military aid. "
Amid the political turmoil was hitting the Arab leaders meeting in Switzerland meditated on the causes that gave rise to the phenomenon that even described as collective suicide.
"The current economic growth model based on consumption and without taking into account the environmental consequences, and can not stay any longer because it is the planet's survival, said today several political leaders in Davos .
"'The current model is a collective suicide. We need a revolution in thought and action, "Ban warned. "Natural resources are increasingly scarce, "he added, in a debate about how to redefine sustainable growth in the World Economic Forum.
"" Climate change shows us that the old model is more than obsolete 'insisted the UN official.
"The secretary general added that in addition to basic resources for survival such as water and food," is running another application, which is the time to tackle climate change '. "
January 29:
" Washington (AP) .- The President Barack Obama attempted the impossible to the Egyptian crisis: furious captivate people with an authoritarian regime than three decades and at the same time ensuring a key ally the United States supported it.
"The four-minute speech the president, Friday night, was a cautious attempt to maintain a difficult balance: Obama could only stand to lose if I chose between protesters demanding the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak and the regime violently clings to his position of power.
"Obama [...] did not request a change of regime. Neither said Mubarak's announcement was inadequate. "
" Obama said strongest phrases day in Washington, but not separated from the script used his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and White House spokesman Robert Gibbs. "
" 'The United States should use all its influence, including more than one billion dollars in aid each year providing the Egyptian army to ensure the final result (the transfer of power from Mubarak) ", the paper said in its editorial."
"... Obama on his message of Friday night said it would continue working with President Mubarak and regretted that no mention a possible election. "
" The newspaper described as 'unrealistic' positions and Vice President Obama, Joe Biden, who told a radio station that no dictator called Egyptian President did not think he should resign. "
Mubarak can not act as if nothing had happened. Fox News said that Obama would have two bad choices about Egypt. ; ;
"... warned the government of Cairo can not return to 'shuffling' and act as if nothing had happened in the country.
"The White House and State Department are closely monitoring the situation in Egypt, one of the main allies of Washington in
world, some 1,500 container million dollars annually in military and civilian aid. "
" The American media are giving wide coverage to the riots in Egypt, and have pointed out that the situation may be, in any form is resolved in a headache for Washington. "
"If Mubarak falls, felt Fox, USA, and its other principal ally in the Middle East, Israel, could face a government of the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo, and an anti-Western turn in North Country of Africa. "
"'We were betting on the wrong horse for 50 years," Fox told a former CIA officer Michael Scheuer. 'To think that the Egyptian people will forget that we support dictators for half a century is a dream', he added. "
" Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel and David Cameron asked For its part the president 'to initiate a process of change' target 'legitimate claims' of their people and 'avoid at all costs the use of violence against civilians' on Saturday in a statement together. "
" Iran also called on Egyptian authorities to meet the demands of the street. "
" King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia considered, however, that the protests represent 'attacks against the security and stability' of Egypt, carried out by 'infiltrators' in the name of' freedom of expression. "
"The monarch phoned Mubarak to express his solidarity official Saudi news agency SPA."
January 31:
(EFE) Netanyahu fears that chaos in Egypt conducive access Islamists to power.
"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his fear that the situation in Egypt is conducive to the access of the Islamists to power, said sharing concerns with leaders with whom he has spoken in recent days. "
"... the prime minister would not apply to information reported by local media to suggest that today Israel has authorized the deployment of Egyptian troops in the Sinai Peninsula for the first time in three decades, which is a violation of the agreement 1979 peace treaty between the two nations.
"for his party and to the criticism of the Western powers like the USA and Germany have maintained close ties with Arab totalitarian regimes, the German chancellor said:" We have not abandoned Egypt '. "
"The peace process between Israelis and Palestinians has been stalled since last September, largely because of Israeli refusal to halt construction in Jewish settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory."
"Jerusalem, (EFE) .- Israel prefers the maintenance in power of President Hosni Mubarak, whom the Israeli head of state, Shimon Peres, supported today by understanding that 'an oligarchy religious fanatic is not better that the lack of democracy '. "
" The statements of the Chief of match broadcast by local media to pressure Israel to its Western partners to tone down his criticism of the regime Mubarak, the Egyptian people and the opposition trying to overthrow.
"unidentified official sources quoted by the newspaper Haaretz reported that Israeli Foreign Ministry sent a statement Saturday on its embassies in the U.S., Canada, China, Russia and several European countries to ask the ambassadors that emphasize the local authorities of the importance that Israel has the stability in Egypt. "
" Israeli analysts indicate that the fall of Mubarak could jeopardize the Camp David Accords that Egypt signed with Israel in 1978 and the subsequent signing of bilateral peace treaty in 1979, especially if it had resulted in the rise of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood that enjoy broad social support. "
"Israel sees Mubarak as the guarantor of peace on its southern border, and a key support to maintain the blockade of the Gaza Strip and isolating the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas."
"One of the biggest fears of Israel is that the riots in Egypt, followed the path of the Tunisian reach Jordan also weakening the regime of King Abdullah II, whose country along with Egypt are the only Arabs that recognize Israel. "
" The recent appointment of General Omar Egyptian Suleiman as vice president and, therefore, possible presidential successor, has been welcomed in Israel, which has maintained close relations with General of Defense Cooperation. "
"But the course still does not allow protests Egyptian assume that the continuation of the scheme is guaranteed or that Israel can continue to have in the future in Cairo to its main regional ally. "
As shown, the world faces simultaneously and for the first After three problems:
Climate crisis, food crisis and political crisis.
To them, can add other serious hazards.
risks increasingly destructive war are very present.
Will I have enough political leaders of serenity and equanimity to deal with them?
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