February 8th, 2011 by Kyle

Saad Eddin Ibrahim, writing in The Wall Street Journal, believes that the United States and other Western leaders have been “duped” by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and must seek an immediate democratic transition. Saad discusses how Mubarak has misled his people and the international community into believing that he is the only answer for stability in Egypt and the region. Saad states that: “He has accomplished this feat by systematically eliminating—through intimidation, torture and imprisonment—all potential alternatives to his leadership.” Saad argues that Mubarak’s economic policies and his work with the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict has not brought greater prosperity to the people of the Middle East, but instead has only served the interests of those close to his regime. Saad states that the West must, “continue to make it clear that they will not be deceived any longer by Mr. Mubarak” and that Western Governments “must lean on the Egyptian military and support the rapid emergence of a transitional government that will pave the way to free and fair elections fully supervised by the judiciary.”

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