The pro-democracy protests that have shut down the national life and the state economy of Egypt is now 18 days old. The protests are growing daily in numbers across the nation of Egypt, the demands of the protesters are very loud and clear to the Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak and to the rest of the world. "Mubarak, your time in power is up, the game is over and you must step down from power" the protesters demanded for almost three weeks now. Hosni Mubarak responded to the demands of these protesters in his televised addressed today refused to resign, but promised to delegate his presidential powers to his self appointed Vice-President.
Now this political stalemate has reached the climax tonight and the next moment could be a major explosion that will do no one any good in Egypt and in the Middle East. There must be a way forward now, in order to avoid this volatile moment in the Egyptian history. The Egyptian military remains the strongest institution in Egypt. So far the military has remained neutral in this political conflict. They can no longer continue to sit on the fence at this critical point in Egypt's political crisis, it is time for the Egyptian military to take sides now and act right now and be on the good side of Egyptian nation and her people.
Tomorrow may be the mother of all protests. Organizers of these protests are calling on 20 million people to be out tomorrow all over Egypt to give their full support to these political reforms and regime change. Workers in Egypt are now on strike and are also backing these protests. The battle line is now drawn tonight. It is President Hosni Mubarak versus the people of Egypt with the Egyptian military playing the role of a referee. The military has a primary responsibility to make these genuine demands of the people of Egypt a reality now or fold their arms for a national catastrophe that has the power to tear Egypt apart.
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