In his most overt threat yet, Egyptian Vice President Omar Suleiman warned that public protests were “very dangerous for society and we can’t put up with this at all,” adding that if the protesters didn’t submit soon the “dark bats of the night” would resolve the situation for them.
Suleiman was appointed to head the government’s side on negotiations with the protesters, but talks have stalled amid reports that he is refusing to discuss anything except his own demands that the protesters stop protesting, and his public insistences that Egyptians are “not ready for democracy.”
Now the US hand-picked successor for aging dictator Hosni Mubarak is warning of a military coup if the protesters do not submit to his demands, which will inevitably spark the question “how will we know the difference.”
Indeed, the military dominates Egyptian society and is at least seen as somewhat less of a cartoonish supervillain than Mubarak or Suleiman. In that regard the threat may backfire, as Egyptians hoping for democracy may see an interim coup as preferable to an interim torturer.
Yeah- if a coup occurs the Egyptian people might lose their rights! Is this guy for real?
Suleiman and "Netty" shaking hands look like two inflamed hemerroids that need to be removed.
There is doubt without military they can,t rule but a dictator has no vision for him close advisers are telling everything will be alright. The same mentality is of Sulaiman a worst man in the history of Egypt known as killer of innicent people.
Whether he can retain power will have to wait but apparently not only his wishes.
No one will support if the sun is going down and this is truth of the history.
There will be more blood shed is no doubt and public will succeed.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
If this is so, then the american regime is in the latter stages of this affliction.
Where do they get off "appointing" a torturer as a successor to the pharoah, all the while professing democracy. And to put the cherry on the sundae, the torturer proclaiming that Egypt is not ready for democracy.
It's enough to drive ya mad.
Why does anyone talk to this guy Sulieman? Seems to me Mubarak is a better option. Suleiman has been a storm trooper for years – on the front lines of the carnage – the last thing Egypt needs now. And his arrogance makes Mubarak look like a pacifist. Besides Mubarak has already stolen his billions from the Egyptian poor and the American suckers. He doesn't have the incentive to continue it like Sulieman, who probably hasn't even stolen his first billion.
Sickening the USA supports these clowns.
I predict Suleiman's remaining time in office will be very short indeed. If the Army doesn't hustle him off to retirement, the Egyptian street certainly will be happy to.
What would be great is if the Army decided to stand up against the police and when the police statted using force the army started blowing the brain out of the political police.
I can only hope that if civil war comes to this country that the U.S. Army will realize the police and political class are an enemy of the people, their liberty and the U.S. Constitution soldiers have sworn an oath to defend against all enemies, foreign AND DOMESTIC.
Maybe the fear of being tried after an uprising is hitting too close to the mark for the Stay-At-Home-Ex-President.
America needs to be free. Bush, Obama, Clinton, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Yoo and the rest of the political establishment that committed war crimes and authorized torture need to stand trial at the Hague.
The Egyptians would be doing the world a favor if they do to Mubarak what Iraqis did to Saddam.
We are slaves of the political elite that use law to oppress while they steal, torture and kill.
JUSTICE NOW!
I hope the retirement Suleiman's gets is exactly like the one given to Sadat.