It is time-- for the Free World's media to stand by the people of Egypt and call for thief Mubarak and torturer Suleiman's arrest, and the immediate handing over of power to an interim leadership. And they should call for the seizing of the tens of billions of funds Mubarak has stolen from the Egyptian people.
Photo: screen grab from RT TV youtube video
Mubarak is a criminal. It has been reported that he holds over $70 billion dollars-- money he has stolen from Egypt. That may make him the biggest thief in the history of the world, bigger than Bernie Madoff Mubarak Deserves a perp walk, not a send-off.
Now that the military has sided with Mubarak's appointee, Omar Suleiman the torturer, the generals who are defending Mubarak and Suleiman are traitors to Egypt and Egyptian democracy and freedom.
The Egyptians should offer the military leaders the opportunity to hold their jobs with amnesty if they stand with the people. Who would make this offer? It is time for the crowds in the street to reach some consensus on a temporary team of representatives. Those people will probably need to temporarily leave Egypt to be safe from Mubarak's reach.
It would be nice to see the OathKeepers, who promise not to obey orders to take action against citizens, active in Egypt, working to convince the members of the military to stand down in response to any orders to go against the protesters.
As I write, Mubarak and Suleiman the torturer are holding on to power and the army has said it backs their position that they will hold power until the fall.
It is time for courageous members of the Egypian Judiciary to bring charges of theft and corruption against Mubarak. (They'll probably have to temporarily leave the country to avoid arrest or murder by Mubarak's forces.)
It is time for international organizations like Amnesty international to user their media reach to bring charges of torture against Suleiman. Don't expect the US to help with that, There are probably, almost certainly current members of the military, CIA, DOJ and elsewhere who have been co-conspirators with Suleiman when it comes to rendition and torture.
It is sad that so many mainstream media have reported on Mubarak holding $70 billion and Suleiman being a torturer yet none have called for charges being brought against them or for their arrest. Then again, the US has had a pattern, since the time of George Bush senior, continuing 'til the present Obama presidency, of failure to investigate previous presidents who engaged in illegal activities. It is NOT time for the media to be unbiased. Media serving democracies should be speaking out calling for Mubarak's arrest, wherever he attempts to flee. Mubarak has already shown by his repeated attacks on journalists that he does not respect a neutral media. They should be speaking out to the leaders of Egypt's military, making it clear that the billions of people who live in democracies support the people of Egypt and their calls for Mubarak and his spymaster torturer surrogate Suleiman to leave immediately.
I call upon other leaders of media organizations throughout the world
Take a stand. The 80 million Egyptian people deserve our full support. Call upon the leaders of your nation to stand up to the Egyptian military and demand they not only remove Mubarak and Suleiman but also arrest them.
