Can Egyptians do it?

[Mr Khan]

badgenome said:

Kantor said:

Well, it's happened.

I do believe the will of the people should prevail, but I can't help but think that Egypt is about to go through a very dark period. Military dictatorship is not a good start.

Could be. I saw this on my Twitter feed, and it struck me as darkly funny:

Congrats Egypt! It's a 8500 ton, 6 ounce bouncing baby junta. #Haveacigar

Could go either way, but it's a necessary step. The only existing government structures are dominated by Mubarak's party, immediate emergency elections would be chaotic, so there's really no-one else other than the military if the will of the people is against the National Democrats

Part of the problem with this relatively unorganized revolution: no leadership structure to take the government's place all at once