he is the israeli defense minister to brief president obama on this issue. and he said tonight that it was not up to foreigners to decide egypt s future. egypt had to decide its future. and earlier in the day, netanyahu the prime minister said his only hope was that egypt would honor the peace treaty that it signed with israel no matter who replaced put mumbarak. so we are beginning to see people scramble to understand the meaning of this. i think you have got it right, shep. i think what we have seen is a transfer of power, a stepping aside, rather than a stepping down because egypt could not afford tore the speaker of the parliament to take over the presidency, which is what what happens constitutionally had mumbarak resigned.