Quote Originally Posted by Tom Sawyer View Post
As for Mubarak he was always a puppet of the military in any event. The military have always run Egypt. They removed him to try to appease the millions in the streets. Only worked for a little while
If Mubarak was a "puppet" he was an extremely rich one , with a personal fortune estimated by many good judges at 70 billion dollars , this IMHO had a huge hand in his eventual Political demise .