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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak took to the airwaves to publicly state he will not seek the office of the presidency anymore, thus ending over three decades of rule. There is a reason Mubarak enjoyed such a lengthy tenure, and he has the United States to thank in some small measure.
 
Let’s not kid ourselves. It was in our national interest to have Mubarak in power. His government, no matter how flawed and sometimes oppressive, was predictable, which is a rare commodity in the Middle East. In many respects, Egypt was an oasis of calm in an otherwise tumultuous part of the world. And we have Mubarak to thank, in part, for that relative peace.

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