Jasmine Revolution - What Is Obama's Call?

Pro-democracy forces demonstrate in Egypt. If this was in some Islamic-slanted state with a clerical government Obama's speechwriters would be having a field day. 'modernising movement' 'the world must support freedom's clarion call' 'zap the Iranians' or some such claptrap. But the current situation unfurling in Cairo is a bit more tricky for O. He needs a strong pro-US Egyptian government in place as another American conduit for influence and mouthpiece at the Arab table. The democratic movement currently demonstrating against 31 years of military rule in Egypt might not play the puppet as obsequiously as the present regime. We at WITC will be watching for the verbal chicanery and semantic acrobatics with which the White House spin men approach this. Much easier for Obama with support for the demonstators in Tunisia. They are not in the US club anyway.