Reply #47: At the critical time when

[hulka38]

this uprising was trying to find its legs and when it became clear that Mubarak was being seriously challenged and couldn't put it down without it being a very ugly scene in front of the World, the Obama administration wanted Mubarak to stay in power and implement reforms. That was their policy at the time. When it became clear that it wouldn't work, they changed it to Mubarak stepping down and Suleiman taking power and implementing reforms. Neither of these options were acceptable to the Egyptian people. The Egyptians won out by booting Mubarak and Suleiman both. One person makes that decision and that's the President. All the post event squawking doesn't change that. The President owns the policy or in this case policies.