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By Dan Murphy, Staff writer / January 27, 2011



Vice President Joe Biden spoke to the PBS NewsHour tonight with the
most direct US governent comments yet about the gathering Egypt
protests against President Hosni Mubarak's 29-year reign.

Mr. Biden's comments are unlikely to be well-received by regime
opponents, as they fit a narrative of steadfast US support for a
government they want to bring down. About eight protesters and one
policeman have died this week as Egypt has sought to bring down the
heavy hand of the state against opponents. Since the US provides about
$1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt a year, the repressive apparatus
of the state is seen by many in Egypt as hand in glove with the US.



Tonight in Cairo, activists said that internet service was being
systematically blocked, as was the use of instant messages on local
cellphones, despite repeated calls from the US State Department for
Egypt to allow social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to remain
available to the nation's people. Egypt is bracing for a showdown
tomorrow. Organizers have called for massive protests against the
regime after noon prayers on Friday, seeking to build on the
unprecedented wave of public demonstrations this week calling for an
end to Mubarak's rule.

Whether the protests will be as large as democracy activists hope is
an open question. Overnight in Egypt, the government was doing
everything it could to head them off.

Ahead of a day that could prove decisive, NewsHour host Jim Lehrer
asked Biden if the time has "come for President Mubarak of Egypt to
go?" Biden answered: "No. I think the time has come for President
Mubarak to begin to move in the direction that – to be more responsive
to some... of the needs of the people out there."


Asked if he would characterize Mubarak as a dictator Biden responded:
“Mubarak has been an ally of ours in a number of things. And he’s been
very responsible on, relative to geopolitical interest in the region,
the Middle East peace efforts; the actions Egypt has taken relative to
normalizing relationship with – with Israel. … I would not refer to
him as a dictator.”

He also appeared to make one of the famous Biden gaffes, in comments
that could be interpreted as questioning the legitimacy of protesters'
demands. Monitor Cairo correspondent Kristen Chick, other reporters in
the country, and activists have generally characterized the main calls
of demonstrators as focused on freedom, democracy, an end to police
torture, and a more committed government effort to address the poverty
that aflicts millions of Egyptians.

Biden urged non-violence from both protesters and the government and
said: "We’re encouraging the protesters to – as they assemble, do it
peacefully. And we’re encouraging the government to act responsibly
and – and to try to engage in a discussion as to what the legitimate
claims being made are, if they are, and try to work them out." He also
said: "I think that what we should continue to do is to encourage
reasonable... accommodation and discussion to try to resolve
peacefully and amicably the concerns and claims made by those who have
taken to the street. And those that are legitimate should be responded
to because the economic well-being and the stability of Egypt rests
upon that middle class buying into the future of Egypt."

Egypt's protesters, if they're paying attention to Biden at all, will
certainly be wondering which of their demands thus far have been
illegitimate.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Backchannels/2011/0127/Joe-Biden-says-Egypt-s-Mubarak-no-dictator-he-shouldn-t-step-down

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