[knowtheory]

As i stated below, i do not buy into the false dichotomy you and many others keep asserting.

It is naïve to not ask what the potential outcomes will be to toppling Mubarak, especially if one cares about about human rights.

This is the exact same sort of reasoning that Neo-cons used for why Iraq should be invaded, damn the consequences! Is Iraq a better place? Has the lot of Iraqis improved? If you believe it has, at what cost in terms of lives and treasure?

[Qz]

The difference there of course is that the Iraqis were not in open revolt at the time. Whether or not that was due to how much more insane of a dictator Hussein was I leave as an open question.