Reply #19: This revolution is secular and about human rights and dignity which is universal, [View All]

[myrna minx]

rather than a specific religion or ethnic faction which can seem alien to some who might otherwise be sympathetic to the cause. This makes it all the more imperative for the good people of Egypt to succeed, because the power brokers must be terrified of this figurative storming of the Bastille, and taking note on how to successfully squash a popular revolution in a social media world.

We need to stand by them and withhold aid to Mubarak's government if necessary, because if they do not succeed, these heros will be hunted down, like the heros of the green revolution in Iran- many of whom have disappeared and/or have been executed by the state they bravely fought against.

This isn't about 'scary' foreign men in an exotic land with a dispute with our "ally", their government, this is the universal call for human rights and the Egyptians are showing the world how a revolution is done.

Thanks for posting this excellent essay.