everyone recognizes is not really going to be a politician. you re not a politician if you use the word oxymoron on national television. he didn t even use it correctly. exactly. but he s trusted and he s respected by the west and he s pro-american. i remember when madeleine albright approved his name for the iaea for the watchdog atomic energy, because he was a knicks fan, he lived in new york. on the other hand he s been critical of the united states and the iraq war. he has some credibility in that part of the world. what you need is a figure like him, a transitional figure, to begin to negotiate with the military, with perhaps suleiman, the vice president, on a timetable for the departure of mubarak. once you have a date for mubarak s departure, a commitment for him to go, i think you ll see this crisis ease up. how ironic that the same man that the united states government, the bush administration loathed in 2002