Vice President Suleiman - Coup Threat = Egypt

Guardian: Reports on comments by Vice - President Suleiman, the VP stated that if the protesters didn’t stop there could be a coup in Egypt. Lets be clear folks, the Regime is not Mubarak, the governing Regime in Egypt is the Army, the majority of US aid goes to the Army, the Army is not going to give up its power, and its economic power, thus we have a standoff, sooner or later, and it looks sooner the Army will have to move the protesters away from Liberation Square, otherwise the economy of Egypt will go down the drain, and it will take the Army with it, its that simple and brutal folks, the protesters have got what they have wanted, one would start to think that the protesters had a darker agenda, one really should look at how much power the Muslim Brotherhood has over the protesters.

Egypt and Middle East Peace

Telegraph: Reports on the statement by the UK Foreign Secretary William Hague that the peace process in the Middle East could be a victim of the recent revolt in Egypt. Also the Foreign Secretary was critical of the defensive reaction by Israel to the revolt in Egypt. This is not new folks, the Foreign Office is over the top pro Arab, while the 10 Downing Street and the rest of the Country tend to be pro Israel. These comments have no importance, due to the fact that they come from the FCO, the only game changer when it comes to the Middle East is the US. The Obama Administration is calling for fast reform but not calling for the head of President Mubarak, they fear from the Oval, to the State and Defence Departments is that a secular revolution in Egypt could bring in the Muslim Brotherhood, and from there you go from a secular revolution to a religious revolution, its always the second stage that is most worrying, from Russia in 1917 to Tehran in 1979. The economy of Egypt can not have these mass protests and go on, at some point the US will have to tell the protesters to go home and trust that the US will not allow the reforms to be undone. Otherwise by the time there is a new government there will be no money and this will be a great chance for Iran to use its oil influence to great effect. Thus POTUS will have to get off the fence and tell the protesters to go home.

Donald Rumsfeld - US Defence Secretary under Bush 43

The Hill: Reports on the new autobiography by the former Bush 43 Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the former Secretary attacks the management style of NSC Advisor Condi Rice and those that state that Bush Administration officials lied the US in to the Iraq War. This will be an interesting read folks, Mr Rumsfeld is without doubt the most controversial US Defence Secretary since the Vietnam War. One can guess the Liberals from the New York Times will look for something to attack former Secretary, one should not expect nothing else from the bloated liberal New York Times.
　

Egypt NOW

Have been watching the developments in Egypt with interest, one can see that as a news story its going down the pecking order, at the end of the day in a revolution you have to have a result one way or another, so far, its still a Mexican standoff, the Mubarak Government is giving concessions but not enough for the protesters in Liberation Square and the West in honesty just wishes it would go away, from the Oval to Number 10 they can not afford another Iran 1979.

Guardian: Reports that the Muslim Brotherhood have given President Mubarak a week to resign. The more the radical elements come in to play the more the West will want the Army of Egypt to take control, the Army has to much to lose just to give up power, the US might say it wants transfer of power to Democracy, but in reality it wants a transfer that keeps Western interest are they are now, from Israel to the War on Terror. One has take one’s had off to Mubarak, he has played the protesters, they will get tired sooner or later, they have to eat, the West just wants peace in the region, and a symbolic Egypt that has the spin of Democracy but with the Army in charge.

Lady Thatcher Film

Telegraph: Reports on the first picture stills to come out of the production, the film will deal with how Lady Thatcher dealt with the Falklands War. As the great Lady is being played by a movie great in the shape of Meryl Streep one will withhold judgement on the film, as long as its not some left wing Guardian hatched job one will wait to review the film before passing comment.

Polls and Past Presidents

Gallup: Has a great political tool to look at how past Presidents compare when compared to President Obama. Can you read the tea leaves, can you predict 2012.

Afghanistan Front News

MOD: Has announced the names of the two recent British Soldiers that have died in Afghanistan, on Friday “ Ranger David Dalzell, of 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment ”died in a operational accident. On Saturday “ Warrant Officer Class 2 (Company Sergeant Major) Colin Beckett, of 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment ” was killed by an IED. Our thoughts are with the families of Ranger Dalzell and Warrant Officer Class 2 (Company Sergeant Major) Beckett. Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 352 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has lost 310 in combat action and 42 due to illness, accidents or other incidents.