Fishtalk,
I think that you should read more history for revolutionary ventures. In the US we had a colonial rebellion, the only revolution was in our thinking as to the new government.
France, Russia, Iran, China and Hungary might be good places to start your reading. Revolutions rarely spawn anything as benign as what they overthrow.
I think it also bears pointing out that virtually all of radical islam that has plagued the world these last sixty years gets it ancestry from the Muslim Brotherhood. This is part of why Saudi’s and Egypt are so autocratic — they fought to the death with the MB and Irkahn in the 30s.
The people in the streets were sent there by the Mullahs in the mosque — radical islam is the alpha and omega of what we will watch.
I hope Mubarak will stomp it down as the glory of Egyptian freedom will be more bloody and horror filled than the dictators foot and firing squads — book it.
Bingo!