re: #9 lawhawk

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1821: Tunisia’s new government - ushered in by last month’s mass protests that inspired the Egyptian uprising - announces that its state of emergency will be lifted next week, according to Reuters.

So, there goes the argument that if Mubarak leaves, there’d be chaos.

Its just a guess, but I think that when Mubarak speaks about chaos if he leaves, hes not speaking about domestic problems, hes speaking about the potential for Egypt to abruptly change its geopolitical role for its allies, the US and Israel.