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[billy]

I agree.

The Egyptian army won't start a bloodbath, shooting their own people, like the Chinese army did at Tiananmen Square in 1989.
The Egyptian army is far more likely to conduct itself like the Soviet army sent into Moscow did, in the dying days of the USSR, and change side.

i wouldn't be too sure of that. all it would take is some of the egyptian security forces dressed as civilians engaging in violence, once the anti mubarik forces retaliate the army would have to go in and even may have to go in heavy handed. to stop them killing themselves. i don't think it would be that hard to manipulate the masses to violence. the added bonus would be that it would make mubarik look like the goody and the protesters look like bastards.