Reply #17: Because its stupid to do so.

[JoePhilly]

First, its not our place to tell other countries who their leaders should be. That's the kind of idiotic thinking that causes the right wing to invade Iraq when Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11.

Second, the people who decide a country's leadership, should be the people of that country. The people of Egypt are making their voices heard. And it is their voices that should count.

Last, the only time we should get involved in "regime change" is under the most serious of atrocities. In many of these countries, there are no "good guys" because the factions have been trying to exterminate each other for over a century. About the best we can do is try and deal with the existing leadership of such countries in a fashion that promotes human rights.

The more involved we get, the easier it is for the right wing to take a situation like this one, send OUR military in, and install some new asshole leadership.

Obama needs to keep an even line on this mess. We have no idea where it is going. And it isn't our job to push it anywhere it doesn't already want to go.