his predecessor. seriously, i think any fair-minded person would give him high marks. making the case for the know pell peace prize again, what do you think, alex? well, i think that s pretty good political spin, but, again, when our european allies have acted already much more forcefully and have, for example, suggested no-fly zones, when we re seeing the french and the british and, again, european, arab organizations standing up, this president you know, this is a bottom-up revolution in places like libya. we re the force for freedom in the world. for the united states, the greatest, brightest light for freedom in the world not to speak forcefully on behalf of those demonstrators, let s that voice of freedom be silent and we re not hearing from this president and that s what not only win the nobel peace prize again but to actually support those people dying and fighting in the streets right now. a lot of iranians, especially those outside of iran who live here in the united s
potential creation of multiple candidates in a civil democracy in egypt? on a scale of 1 to 10, i think it will be lucky if this administration can have more than a 4 or 5% influence on events. why? because it was a bottom up revolution from the people and it will be guided by the egyptians. the egyptian people in the streets on the one hand were disappointed with this administration s hedging about whether or not it could throw mubarak under the bus. but on the other hand, i think egyptians will wake up tomorrow morning and realize, dylan, that it s going to be far more challenging to take the fruits of their labors and translate that into something that is meaningful, that is a transition. why? because the institutions by which they are going to continue to be ruled are still there. the dreaded police. the corrupt business society. all of the things that they want to see instantaneous change will
you know, it s important to remember that this is a bottom-up revolution, to the extent that it s a revolution. this is something that s happening from the bottom up, not from the few opposition groups that actually do exist here, not from the muslim brotherhood which has a long history here, not from someone like dr. mohamed elbaradei who, as you well know, has lived overseas for much of the last 30 years. this is something which has started with young people. it surprised most most people in egypt. it surprised most egypt observers outside the country, and it s important to remember that i think in the days ahead because the people who are in the square at this very hour define curfew, define the president s rules and still shouting out into the night right now, those are the people who really started there and who are refusing to to back down, are refusing to let the status quo remain, and refusing to give in to fears. there is fear in many parts of the egypt, among older people