Four days later - Egyptians seem bent on reversing a decline

Egypt seems to have finally reached  a tipping point, or so it seems given the seeming resilience of the current demonstrations. The people, through tweets, facebook and blogposts have been calling for the mother of all protests, and they seem to be having it. The dictator, Hosni Mubarak however seems to remain completely removed from the events on the street, but something different may be in the ofin this time - the West seems to have learnt
some lesson from the past and is not openly advocating "stability" - or is it not? There's been call for restraint and stability in the region by Secretary Clinton in the past few days. However, Muhammed El Baradei's presence on the scene seems to have given the United States and most European nations some comfort in their ability to predict the future in this cradle of human civilization. Today, Friday, January 28, 2011 became the fourth day of the street protest that seem as motivated by the successful deposition of the Tunisian despot (Ben Ali) as it is by the rising food shortage and increasingly dire economic condition of the Egyptian people in the face of a 30 year dictatorship and oppression. 

 One predictable event after another , the Egyptian Genghis Khan seem intent on "crushing" this new opposition to monarchial imposition by Hosni Mubarak and his ilk. Muhammed Elbaradei, the increasingly Western touted face of the opposition has been placed under house arrest, barely one day after returning to Cairo from his Vienna perch. Most modern communication medium have been disrupted or  severely restricted. The corrupt and inept government of Egypt is resorting to the same brutal use of force all failing despots use across the globe from  Ceausescu to Pol Pot, from Papa Doc to Abacha.
Police loose a round in Alexandria  Mubarak flexing in Cairo