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I absolutely agree. But what other reasonable choice do the Egyptian people truly have? At some point, a purge of Mubarak's government will just leave you with no-one who knows how to keep the government running sufficiently to even hold orderly elections.

And I certainly wouldn't expect the Egyptians to trust a western stabilizing/interim governmental force moreso than their own military. We were partners to Mubarak's tyranny.