(Ha'aretz) Zvi Bar'el - It seems that Washington has now realized that any change that can be effected in Egypt's political system should be supervised by the existing regime under Mubarak. Washington originally took the side of the protesters in Tahrir Square. Right now there is no alternative to the president or the mechanisms which he controls. The lack of an alternative leadership is apparent. Meanwhile the wind has gone out of the sails of the protest movement. Following Mubarak's announcement that he would not run for reelection and his decision to pull his son out of the political arena, the movement has not been left with a great deal of content to its platform. The result is that any concessions, changes and reform are coming from above. Whatever Mubarak is prepared to give is what the public is getting.
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