heritage, but that was before 1952. i think egyptians have the best chance in the arab world as a whole for making that transition to a democratic future. it's a culture with a legal framework, and i think we saw the best of egypt in tahrir. we will see some deviation from that. men are not angels. but on balance i still vote for the egyptian revolution that it will bring egyptians a measure of relief and a measure of progress. >> and that brings us straight to tunisia. ivan, despite the situation in egypt, you seem to draw a different sort of comparison in tunisia, the other post revolution country here. are things different? it hasn't been that long in the scheme of things, but what are you seeing in tunisia? >> reporter: i just traveled from there a couple days ago, sanjay. and there the revolutionary process seems much more benign.