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Now James' said Hillary what are the aspirations of the Egyptian people for the future of their country?'
From what I gather' said James a model similar to the US but without people carrying guns and shooting each other'
They're not keen on a theocracy are they?' asked Hillary
Hopefully not' said James it would be a shattering blow if they went through all that demonstrating and rioting for freedom to end up with a despotic loony like Ahmadinejad'
A nicer kindlier dictator might not be a bad idea' said Hillary Mubarak hasn't been all bad. He hasn't caused us any trouble and has even been quite civil to the Israelis'
You mean a dictator who didn't do much dictating?' asked James A sort of cross between Jimmy Carter and the Dalai Lama. It's worth thinking about'
I suppose there's got to be an election' said Hillary
It's difficult to run a democracy without them' said James but the last people you'd trust to make a decision about the future of Egypt are those who have been dumbed down by Mubarak for the past thirty years'
Come to think of it' said Hillary the people most qualified to decide the future of Egypt are ourselves and quite frankly I'm at a loss. Iraq is hardly the discotheque of democracy and the Westminster System is in no danger of being superseded in Kabul. What's the worst that could happen in Egypt?'
The deputy leader of Al Qaeda al-Zawahiri becoming president' said James He's an Egyptian so it's possible'
Jeepers' said Hillary thats a huge threat. He'd form an alliance with Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah and recognise Palestine as an independent state. Israel would get very twitchy and we'd have to start terrorist operations in Egypt'
Wait a bit though' said James there's no oil in Egypt so we don't want to over-react. Remember that a democratic government is the best outcome we can hope for'
True' said Hillary but now I come to think of it Mubarak's been a really good ally for thirty years. The only problem is that he's been such a prick to his people. MaybeObama was wrong to insist that he goes immediately'
Let's think' said James Perhaps we could enhance his image with Egyptians to the degree he could stay on until we groom someone to replace him'
Good idea' said Hillary We could relaunch him as the new Ronald Reagan with powerful themes like telling Israel to tear down this wall' and win one for the Gyppos'
Who should we pick to succeed him?' asked James
Someone like Karzai' said Hillary but better at covering-up when it comes to fixing free and fair elections'
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