"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he fears that what happened in Iran could happen in Egypt, according to the Reuters news agency. In 1979, the US-supported Shah of Iran was toppled in a popular revolt led by Ayatollah Khomeini, who went on to found an Islamic republic." (BBC)

Obama and the rest of the western leaders should stop that coded diplomatic language and tell Mubarak in the face to step down. All the people want is fresh leadership with fresh ideas even if it means same economic conditions. Are they waiting for the Islamic Fundamentalists to convince the people that the West is never a friend of the Arabs before they learn.

Democracy is sweeping across the globe and everybody wants a share in it, this is just a continuation of the fall of the Berlin Wall and Western leaders must support it for true democracy to be enshrined.