fast. she was rejoicing along with the egyptian people. i wish them, above all, a society that exists without corruption, sensorship arrests. i challenge those who now carryry responsibility. they will make this irreversible and it is peaceful. they celebrated the news in the street. the prime minister spoke of his spokes for egypt s future. we believe it must be a government that starts to put in place the building blocks of a truly open, free and democratic society. of course, what has happened today should only be the first step. those who run egypt reflect the wishes of the egyptian people. nicolas sarkozy gave his support. france called on all egyptians to continue their non-violent
we re continuing our conch coverage of the egyptian revolution. and ben wedeman, who knows so much about the history of what has transpired the last couple of weeks. what is going to happen now to vice president omar suleiman. he dropped off the screen since the big announcements. and yet, he was the big bastien of power. in the near term and the long term, he s out of the picture. the body that rules egypt, is really the high military council, who issued its communique last night, which should have been an indicator of where the situation was going. in fact, there was going to be some type of military indicator.
these are muslims who played a long game and the long game is the influence in egyptian policy from within to change the socioeconomic institutions of the state. will the new egyptian government be as acquiescent? is the new egyptian government going to be any more eager to cooperate with us in our counter terrorism policy against islamic radicals? no, is the new egyptian government prepared to implement a containment strategy as mubarak was able to do? no. the reality is we aren t going to have much of a choice. if the muslim brotherhood and the democratic processes in egypt are worth their salt. what happens is life s going to break out, egypt is going to have politics. coming up, she accused
in wikileaks as mubarak s poodle. but as a whole, the army isn t quite as tainted as omar suleiman as the former president of egypt. nonetheless, there will be elements within the egyptian society, particularly among the protest movement which will want a more fundamental change because what we heard from them is that they don t just want the head of state to go, they want the entire regime to be changed. the police state, the dominance of the military in egyptian society. that s what they will be pushing for, but i suspect that a majority of egyptians, satisfied that president mubarak is no longer in power, will be satisfied simply with the changes that have occurred and the promise that some sort of progress will be made toward a real the creation of a real democratic system. ben, you have been doing such a great job, i just wanted to
the wheel of history has turned. that was barack obama s assessment of the events in egyptian. he praised the military for how they handled the changeover so far. mr. obama talked about the significance of friday s events. egypt has played a pivotal role in history over the last 6,000 years. but over the last few weeks, the wheel of history turned at a blinding pace, as the egyptian people demanded their universal rights. we saw mothers and fathers carrying children on their shoulders, to show them what true freedom might look like. we saw young egyptians say, for the first time in my life, i really count. my voice is heard. even though i m only one person, this is the way real democracy works.