BREAKING: Mubarak finally quits!

[Grig]

I could not agree with you more, such countries I do not feel are ready for western democracy and it was those dictators that kept things together. Although, it's great to see the democratization process kick off, it is quite doubtful how it will benefit Egypt, or whether it would indeed benefit the country, or turn it into an Islamic state, like some other countries within the Middle-East.

About time too, it's always good to see an autocratic dictator thrown out of power by the people. Shame the guy has lost all his dignity in the process by pathetically clinging to power.

Personally though, whilst it's a success for people power I doubt the country will get any better, infact it'll probably get worse. Egypt was a stable country and the people were doing very well compared to most other Arab states. It seems a lot of people protesting were just jumping on the bandwagon. The elections will most probably be dodgy and then they'll most probably elect a party which removes their new-given rights and risks damaging relations with the US & Israel, of which they are highly dependent on. So yeah it's a good thing Mubarak has gone, but the country will probably get worse as he wasn't actually a that bad leader.

In some ways it's a bit like Iraq, Saddam Hussein kept all the people together and the country was reasonably prosperous under him, once he was gone there was dodgy elections and stricter Muslims running the country, mostly for the worst.

[alexxxxx]

i wonder how long the military will be in control...