Point taken, Keith, but you and I both know that democracy in Egypt is way down the list of western priorities. Otherwise we'd have been calling for it for decades instead of letting Sadat and Mubarak get away with corruption and repression for decades and saying next to nothing by way of criticism. As long as the army can quell the uprising and Mubarak can stay at the helm you won't be seeing any western arm-twisting for free and fair elections. They just say what they think they have to be heard saying.