So, with the Army waiting on the sidelines, Mubarak still clinging to power, journalists being accosted by hostile mobs; where is Egypt heading?
No one really knows, but if history is any indicator, things may indeed get a whole lot worse. Everyone does agree that revolutionary forces have been unleashed in Egypt.
Will it succeed? Once again no one knows. One thing to keep in mind is that revolutions often end with guillotines and gulags.
Walter Russell Mead discusses the likely courses revolutions often take in The American Interest:
http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2011/02/03/the-revolution-wanders-from-the-script/
How did all this come to a head in the Land of the Pharaohs? Victor Davis Hanson (VDH) has some answers on what is wrong with Egypt:
http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/whats-the-matter-with-egypt/
Meanwhile, what's our Teleprompter-in-Chief doing? As VDH explains, he's experiencing his own "1979 Moment."
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/258548/obama-s-1979-victor-davis-hanson
Which means, things just might turn out as they did in Iran back in '79. VDH again in Pajamas Media:
http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/the-middle-east-and-the-multicultural-nightmare/
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