This is about as political as I will get on this Blog but it would be a colossal error in judgement to view Egypt’s recent move for a better government as a signal to start erecting Paul Revere statues, or the assumption of a Pax Americana. However, there is reason for hope but it is a fragile situation that has to be watched. There are very influential groups at play, all of whom have differing views of this vitally important region’s future, and that has to play itself out.

Certainly Israel’s position with regards to a Palestinian State will go a long way to defining how the Middle Eastern milieu will gel as the call for meaningful reform spreads across the region.