Egypt Again

US special envoy, Frank Wisner just recommended that Mubarak stay in power to oversee the transition into a democracy. This really pisses me off to no end. A liberal democracy cannot be effectively implemented by an 82 year-old ruler. This kind of move plops Wisner, and the rest of the US, firmly on the fence, with a spike up its dilated anus. This is like claiming that humans are given free will by god. Well, if it's given by god, you had no choice, and therefore not free. Wisner's statements are even more penetratingly infuriating than his underlying message. Read:

I believe that President Mubarak's continued leadership is crucial - it's his chance to write his own legacy.

Were twenty-nine years of unfettered dictatorship not enough to implement a "legacy"? Lagacies are to be honored, respected, and, crucially, upheld. We want no such thing from Mubarak.