On Mubarak's departure I'm in a wait and see frame of mind. In case you missed it, President Mubarak has resigned today as President of Egypt. One one side you've got the possibility of a Muslim Brotherhood, anti-American leaning nation as an outcome and on the other side you've got the possibility of a peaceful transition to a democracy in the Middle East with an unchanged peace treaty with Israel. The former outcome would be a disaster and the latter fantastic. Neither outcome is by any means assured.
