Allies Quote by Vaclav Havel

Mubarak was adept, as were many other U.S.-backed dictators, at playing the sane middle to the 'lunatics with beards' he so often used as…

— Mona Eltahawy

Mubarak was the glue that held this very leaderless and organic and very pluralistic mix of people together. Now that he's gone, there's a…

— Sharif Abdel Kouddous

Obama himself has been highly supportive of Mubarak.

— Noam Chomsky

There's no doubt about it that Mubarak has been indeed a partner with Israel, but there's also no doubt about something else. Conditions in…

— Anthony Weiner

“President Mubarak had overspent his goodwill and reputational equity that he may have had when he assumed leadership in Egypt 30 years ago. His…

— Amiso M. George

In primary school in south-eastern Nigeria, I was taught that Hosni Mubarak was the president of Egypt. I learned the same thing in secondary…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Even non-democratic allies no longer trust America. Barack Obama has alienated our most important and longest standing Arab allies, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Both…

— Dennis Prager

We need to learn from history. These same leaders - [Barack] Obama, [Hillary] Clinton, and far too many Republicans - want to topple [Bashar]…

— Ted Cruz

“I had known Mubarak and his wife, Suzanne, for nearly twenty years. He was a career Air Force officer who had risen through the…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

Biden's support for Mubarak in the face of his falling regime sends a powerful and unfortunate message to the Arab world that their freedoms…

— Richard Grenell

Musharraf is a good man and wants to improve relations with India.

— Lalu Prasad Yadav

The Middle East that Obama inherited in 2009 was largely at peace, for the surge in Iraq had beaten down the al Qaeda-linked groups.…

— Elliott Abrams