To ponder..

from Memri: "Saudi activists have launched a Facebook campaign for change and reform in the kingdom, calling for a constitutional monarchy, Shuria Council elections, general freedoms and rights for women, an end to all discrimination, addressing unemployment, and the fair distribution of property."

from Politico (quoting Dick Cheney): "Cheney recalled how, during a meeting the first weekend after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, Mubarak granted flyover rights for U.S. aircraft and access to the Suez Canal. Eventually, Egypt sent two army divisions to fight alongside American troops."

“So he’s been a good man and a good friend and ally of the United States, and we need to remember that,” said Cheney, who led the Pentagon during the first Persian Gulf war. “You’re looking for balance here, but I do hope that there is a channel of communication.”