Striking that match!
There is a superb graphic on the NYTimes' opinion page, an Egypt-shaped piece of sandpaper with a single stick-match on it:
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html
It is not a sober moment, but -- with jubilant crowds on TV screens -- one HAS to worry a bit as it comes undone. As Wolf Blitzer just said, a lot of dictators in the region this morning are frightened! Mubarak fought the protesters on all levels, force, guile, fear. If he fell on his face, who CAN resist? This isn't the last autocrat to be thrown out -- even the Saudi royals must be worried!
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/opinion/index.html
It is not a sober moment, but -- with jubilant crowds on TV screens -- one HAS to worry a bit as it comes undone. As Wolf Blitzer just said, a lot of dictators in the region this morning are frightened! Mubarak fought the protesters on all levels, force, guile, fear. If he fell on his face, who CAN resist? This isn't the last autocrat to be thrown out -- even the Saudi royals must be worried!