What's Next?

Hosni Mubarek got to be like the houseguest who stays too long. Just about everyone has had one or knows one. They're the ones who sit on the divan sipping a demitasse after the table has been cleared, the dishes have been washed and the lights have been turned off. That came to be this guy.

On the one hand, I feel sorry for him. He's either that clueless or he's that much of a megalomaniac. But like the statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled in Baghdad, he's now out.

The question is what kind of a change is he going to bring? People and protestors in the western world can say what they want, but he was a friend to Israel and to many of these countries.

I consulted with one of those Romanian fortunetellers Jonathan opined about through mental telepathy, and here's what Madame Sarah said:

"Don't worry, bubbelah, it is going to go one of three ways. Either the military is going to take over, and it will be the same old junkski. Or they are going to lead the way to the Muslim Brotherhood, which I foresee as not being too kosher for Israel and the rest of the western world, IMHO. Or some big guys are going to have to put someone there like a potted plant. Now, excuse but I have to run."

I say, hopefully, it will be the choice behind door number three who will be better for Israel and the United States and to the citizens of that beleaguered place.