Better dead and martyred, than wounded and alive!”

Hosni “Pharaoh” Mubarak at 82 and sitting on his “Throne” for 30 years propped up by Western and Middle Eastern Powers, may have considered that at 82, it may be that he would be “Better dead and martyred, than wounded and alive!”

If that is really what Mr. Mubarak is contemplating, then, I think the Egyptian people may have to endure even more brutality than we “witnessed” on Wednesday February 2, 2011, but in the final analysis – “Mubarak will leave Egypt, die, or held to stand trail for the wrongs he has committed against his own people!” Can you imagine that because of “one” man’s arrogance, avarice and pride, an entire Nation is suffering!”

As far as it is possible to recall History, Egypt has 5,000 years of History and what a dynamic History it is. From “Rulers” who were absolutely “ruthless” and those like;

“Ramses II", who reigned for 67 years during the 19th dynasty of the 12th century BC, was known as "Ramses the Great". His glories surpassed all other Pharaohs, and Egypt reached an overwhelming state of prosperity during his reign. Not only is he known as one of Egypt's greatest warriors, but also as a peace-maker and for the monuments he left behind all over Egypt. He was the first king in history to sign a peace treaty with his enemies, the Hittites, ending long years of wars and hostility. The treaty can still be considered a conclusive model, even when applying today’s standards.”

I wonder why it is that Mr. Mubarak couldn't just take one page of Ramses 11 biography and apply it for the good of the Egyptian people over the past 30 years. Since he became President in 1981 subsequent to the assassination of Anwar Sadat, the lives of the Egyptian people took a downward turn and it is only due to their God-given right to “protest,” that a glimmer of hope exist.

Sometimes people make fun of the Bible and call the stories “mythical and funny,” but in truth and in fact if we were to consider this present moment, whereby Hosni Mubarak has pitted himself against the will of almost 80 million people, it is almost parallel to the time of Moses. In the Book of Exodus Pharaoh made NINE promises to Moses and broke everyone of them, and even when he allowed the people to go, subsequent to their departure, he again changed his mind and chased them all the way to the Red-Sea, where he and his soldiers all died.

I think for Mubarak the Red-Sea is not “water,” but a Sea of People whose anger wouldn’t be abated unless and until Mubarak leaves Egypt or dies! O my Lord! You certainly get the raw end of the deal when it has to be admitted that we are creatures of such an “infallible and perfect” Creator!

Sheriff G Ali