Reply #8: Very good and,

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by chance or design, very much in synch with what Obama said last night. Thanks MBS for the link to the whole text.

Another short quote that I find very relevant: " The vast majority of the protesters in these countries are crying out for the opportunity to live a decent life, get a real job, and provide for a family. Abandoning them would have betrayed not only the people seeking democratic freedoms but the core values of the U.S. and other democratic nations. It would have reinforced the all-too-common misperception on the Arab street that America says one thing and does another."