A Quick Thought on the Situation in Egypt and the Oceans of Ink Spilled in a Multitude of Blogs on the Subject...

I hate to rain on anyone's pro-democracy parade, but, as much as stuff like this ruins Al-Qaeda's weekend, we've got a long long way to go to anything resembling a representative democracy in Egypt. Mubarek himself was a highly decorated army officer before he became president - what we're watching isn't a revolution as much as a changing of the guard... the real story begins now, as we wait to see if anything is going to change. Stay tuned.