RANT OR RAVE? Egypt's D-Day

Today is Egypt's own 'D-Day' or 'Day of Departure' - day of departure, that is, for Hosni Mubarak, or Hosni the Hated as I like to call him. He's certainly hated by most of his people, whatever his so-called 'supporters' clashing with anti-Mubarak demonstrators might suggest otherwize.



Every regime has its supporters - it's the gross tragedy that is human nature. That doesn't make the regime any more credible, nor the opposition thereto any less so. 

So what am I to feel about this 'D-Day'? Am I to rave about it or rant about it?

It should be a day of epic proportions in which the Dictator on the Nile finally gets the message and slinks away into the eternal sunset. That is cause to rave, that is cause for celebration.

But it could get violent, very violent.

Hosni Mubarak is one of the most oppressive dictators still around. He has shown he wants to leave on his terms. If he succeeds in getting his way, what will those terms be?

The police and security forces are clearly his henchman. But what of the army? Their inactions in the first few days of the uprising were lauded by many for the 'restraint' and 'maturity' thereof.

Hmmmm....

I never trust armies, even when they are 'on the side of the people'. I'm funny that way.

My suspicions of the Egyptian army were confirmed when they allowed pro-Mubarak 'supporters' to run amok and create mayhem and cause death and injury in Tahrir Square two nights ago and again yesterday.

What is the Egyptian army playing at? It's hedging its bets, that's what.

If the Egyptian people believe they have a 'friend' in their powerful army, they better think again.

So my only hope is that the sheer force of the anti-Mubarak marches today will sweep all before them, and usher in the dramatic change the country so clearly needs.

May the Egyptian be able to kick that decrepit, desperate dictator all the way out of Egypt.

Godspeed, brave people of Egypt.

I may be an atheist, but that is my prayer for today.

Do you get my point?