Egypt's President Mubarak Plays With Fire
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0 Left 0 Centered 0 RightPresident Hosni Mubarak is a determined man who has yet to conclude that his time is over. His hardcore supporters still want to retain power. But history is moving fast on the Nile now. Mubarak tried to change the subject in his speech to the Egyptian people on Thursday, away from demands for his departure and toward resisting "foreign" demands that Egypt "take orders" from abroad. Mubarak tried to blame Barack Obama for his domestic problems without ever naming him. It is not likely to work. Th...