Egyptian Revolution

I know this is a little late, but since the Egyptian revolution has been the biggest story in world events recently I figured I would contribute my two cents. First, congratulations to the brave souls who fought the power and forced Mubarak out of office and may God receive the ones who lost their lives in the protests with open hands. I watched 60 Minutes on Sunday and the featured story was on a young man named Wael Ghonim who essentially organized the protests through social networking sites on the internet, particularly Facebook. I applaud this man and his efforts and wish there were more individuals like him in second and third-world countries who are brave enough to stand up against autocratic and dictatorial governments. Ghonim was a captivating interviewee and I agreed with most of the points he made. I was especially impressed with his stance that he felt America should not intervene and get their hand directly involved in his country's revolution. However, I must say he is politically naive in thinking that because Mubarak has left office everything is suddenly going to change when the country holds "democratic" elections later this year. For one, the military has taken hold of power in the interim and who can trust any nation's military wholeheartedly. Their job is to kill people, not maintain a just society. Second, although Mubarak is gone many remnants of his regime are still in place, that is to say many officials he worked with during his reign are still in power. Change may come to Egypt, but it is going to take more than a two week revolution and the extermination of a President and many of his cohorts to bring about a responsible democratic nation.