Christiane Amanpour of ABC News just posted the following on ABC:
I’ve just left the presidential palace in Cairo where I met for about 30 minutes with president Mubarak. He told me that he is troubled by the violence we have seen in Tahrir Square over the last few days but that his government is not responsible for it. Instead, he blamed the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned political party here in Egypt.
He said he’s fed up with being president and would like to leave office now, but cannot, he says, for fear that the country would sink into chaos.
I asked President Mubarak about the violence that his supporters launched against the anti-government protesters in Liberation Square.
He told me, “I was very unhappy about yesterday. I do not want to see Egyptians fighting each other.”
For now, Mubarak remains in the presidential palace with his family, heavily guarded by armed troops, tanks and barbed wire. We were joined by his son Gamal, who was once widely considered to be his successor. Mubarak told me it was never his intention to have his son follow him into office.
And he pledged his loyalty to Egypt. I would never run away, he said, I will die on this soil. He also defended his legacy, recounting the many years he has spent leading his country.
While he described President Obama as a very good man, he wavered when I asked him if hour felt the U.S. had betrayed him. When I asked him how he responded to the United States’ veiled calls for him to step aside sooner rather than later, he said he told President Obama “you don’t understand the Egyptian culture and what would happen if I step down now.”
On her Twitter page, Amanpour posted the following tweets:
I asked Mubarak if he was ready to leave office. He said: I am fed up. After 62 yrs in public service I have had enough. I want to go.
I asked Mubarak how he felt after giving the speech Monday night, saying he would not run for President again. He told me he felt relief.
Mubarak told me: ‘if I resign today there will be chaos.’
Mubarak told me “I told Obama ‘you don’t understand the Egyptian culture & what would happen if I step down now.”
In my exclusive intv w/ Mubarak he said he is troubled by the violence in Tahrir Sq but his gov’t is not responsible for it.
(Source: ABC News)
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Obama’s an idiot! He’d love to see the muslim brotherhood take over and watch Israel’s destruction. Doesn’t he understand that these arabs don’t want peace! Especially the young energetic ones, who wouldn’t think twice about being a suicide bomber! Who voted for this guy?! Seriously…
We need to have Hakoras Hatov for Mr Mubarak. He has kept the peace between egyyt and our brothers in Eretz Yisroel for many years.
If he has to escape from his country, he will be welcomed to join us in the UK.
We have a lot to look up to him for. A lot can be learned from his sterling character traits.
“he said he told President Obama “you don’t understand the Egyptian culture and what would happen if I step down now.””
Sorry to say but he’s absolutely right! My father is from Egypt, and westeners like Obama, Bush, Condaliza Rize and others just don’t get it.
That’s the big down-side of our system. By the time you get some experience – you’re out!
Mr. Mubarak also respects our tzadikkim. he has asked for brochos many times, and arranges for problem-free visits to the tzion of Reb Yaakov Abuchatzera on 20-Teves.
Thank you.
he also made sure that the siyum and printing of the rambam would go on without a hitch