Will Egypt’s conscript army support Mubarak and repress the people? It doesn’t look like it: the people are greeting army tanks with the soldiers coming out of their vehicles and shaking hands with the cheering protesters. According to the soldiers, they were not given order to do anything, only to protect the physical city (Cairo) — not, the implication being, the Mubarak’s state. The police are another matter: plainsclothesmen are riding around beating people with sticks.
Egypt: The Role of the Army
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