Mubarak resigns and some poke fun at him for being weak. Maybe he was sick and old and had exercised good sense like we wish other people would. Or would his detractors prefer the Iranian reaction: to shoot protesters, or perhaps the Chinese method of running them over with tanks, or Russia with their labor camps.
It seems that the middle eastern countries are made of of war lords and ethic factions that only cooperate as a country through force and if the ruthless dictator in charge is ousted then the factions break up and killing begins.
Watching Iranians, and Iraqis, and others from that area behave, there is no way to convince me that Islam is a religion of peace and it is only the extremists who cause problems. Eighty percent of Egyptians want strict Muslim law, according to news reports broad casted during the peaceful revolt, which is the kind of law that encourages all the behaviour we consider irrational.
That area of the world is becoming more unstable every year. Of course they can live in peace if they could destroy the United States of America and Israel, or least that is what they claim. It is our fault that the Begalis and Punjabs could not get along, the the Sunnis warred with everyone else in Iraq.
War and violence is not the way to change people minds. True, being held captive will make a man compliant for an uncertain amount of time but given the opportunity he will revolt. Jihad is a failed policy just like our war effort has been.
Maybe Mubarak was sick and old and now depressed but maybe he was the only one would exhibited rational behaviour in the last ten years, at least.
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