While Ben Laden enjoyed an iconic status as the purist, can-do Islamist, Mubarak endured the ridicule and resentment of every living Egyptian.
Ben Laden's prophecy spoke directly to the hearts and souls of every common person. Slim, eloquent, and focused, Ben Laden was able to convey a massage of genuine belief, despite maniacal, compared to his sluggish, confused, and erratic partner; El-Zwaherri.
In contrast, Mubarak's lazy and sedentary life style reflected on his ugly presentation and detached mind. With extreme poverty and exploding population growth, Mubarak's detachment sickens millions of Egyptians, Muslims, and Arabs. Those always believed in the great leadership of Egypt, the Gift of the Nile.
With the Shock and Owe war on Baghdad, many folks viewed Bush as ruthless as the radical Islamists. Both the USA and the fanatic Islamists lacked any insight into the underlying cause of misery. For good or for bad, change in the Middle East is always a positive sign in the face of the overgrowth of population, the dwindling of natural resources, and the deepening of religious conflicts.
That however does not offer any way out of the conundrum of the Middle East. Islamists would kill their own family members for trivial issues such as uncovered women's skin, mixed gender gathering, or being perceived as infidel. The apparent paradox between the overzealous concern about women's chasteness and unconditional submission to the word of God, on one side, and international Jihaddism, may be so for casual observers. Even in Christian extremism, the cause and effect between personal conduct and the fate of nations is well perceived.
The latest riots against the Egyptian Government would soon die out.
The Egyptian Police, prisons, and legal system have always been efficient for burying people alive with impunity and with no trace. A day in an Egyptian prison suffices to end life as we know it in modern society. Indeed, the 2000 people riots is merely a suicidal attempt. All those 2000 will be haunted and eliminated and everyone else will look the other way.
Mubarak's son would soon be declared the new King of Egypt.
Every Western dignitary, heads of state, and people of influence would soon sit and walk in Mubarak's inauguration as the new Pharaoh of Egypt.
The above scenario is not completely impossible. The Shah of Iran and Sadat of Egypt were treated in similar fashion, before they were both killed or ousted. Both the Shah and Sadat were downed by Islamists.
The hoax that the USA would soon spread democracy in the Middle East by eradicating the Baathists of Iraq was too naive to discern the real motives of the Iraq war. Yet, Ben Laden deserves the credit from getting the West to topple Saddam and his brutal regime.
Who would topple Mubarak?
No one.
The anger and resentment of outsiders, on the hypocrisy of the USA in conducting foreign policy, is another paradox.
The USA spent billions of dollars (a billion per week) to topple Saddam and occupy Iraq. Yet, America oppresses and humiliates 30 million illegal immigrants who pick the trash, clean and care for the elderly, and keep the American economy afloat.
Only Britain cared for banning Micheal Savage from entering its land for his racist campaign against illegal immigrants.
Indeed, America is inflicted with the same disease of tyranny, no different from any third world country.
American courts thrive on expensive and protracted litigation that could only benefit the rich and wealthy. Most middle and low class Americans are aliens in their own country. The two parties are chewing each other to death, in total disregard to the welfare of their own great nation.
Here, you got it, Mubarak. Another 30 years in deeper darkness.
Neither your own people got the guts to run you into exile, nor America cares about its own people, let alone yours, nor would your dead conscience ever rise.
Further, if Mubarak runs for reelection for another 30 years, he will win single handedly, without any need to tamper with votes. This irony is never perplexing at all. Most oppressed people never gain confidence in change. Thirty brutal years of tyrant suffice to enslave a nation into complete submission.
Further, if Mubarak runs for reelection for another 30 years, he will win single handedly, without any need to tamper with votes. This irony is never perplexing at all. Most oppressed people never gain confidence in change. Thirty brutal years of tyrant suffice to enslave a nation into complete submission.
