Mubarak to Step Down

Egyptian Official: Mubarak to Step Down, Transfer Authority to Armed Forces

“   The source pointed out that the transfer of power will occur "outside of the constitutional framework" because under the Egyptian constitution, Mubarak's resignation ordinarily would mean that the speaker of the house would become president and elections would be held within 60 days. In this case, the military council will "not be governing under the constitution or any legislation," the source noted. "So they will have to define the format under which they are taking power." The source did not know how long the military would reign nor what mechanism or timetable would be put in place to end the military's administration of power, but said that "when (the transfer of power from Mubarak) does happen, they will presumably indicate the direction of the country." ” My first thoughts, as yet uninfluenced by smarter people, is this is Mubarak staying in power, but removed as the lighting rod for the Moslem Brotherhood.  If the military responds by putting to the sword anyone wearing pink, Obama tee-shirts, or working for Google, we'll know I'm right.  A good Saudi-style round-up of Moslem Brotherhood types,  and summary execution,  will be in this case a good thing.  Chop-chop.  Maybe Obama will fly there to rally the Islamic radicals like he did in 2006 when he flew to Kenya to support his radical Muslim cousin Raila Odinga's bid for the presidency?