Mubarak was a brutal dictator.
He only stayed in power because of your American money and weapons.
The average for Egyptian person hated him and knew he was an American puppet dictator.
Which is typical of American foreign-policy.
Mouth the words of democracy for everyone.
But help keep dictators in power.
And we wonder why people in other countries hate us ??
You can make the case that Mubarak was working with the US, however during his reign he kept the border safe and Egypt was never at war with anyone, now that he is gone the Egyptian/Israeli border is experiencing the worst terror attacks in years. Do you really think going to war with Israel would be a good thing for the Egyptians? how would war make life better for the average Egyptian?