Egypt - It’s All About Dignity And Freedom From Tyranny, Corruption And Looting By The State And Elites.

In Cairo, tens of thousands of people--from all walks of life--faced off against riot police armed with shields, batons, and seemingly endless supplies of tear gas. People talked about Friday’s protest like a war; a war they’d won. "Despite the tear gas and the beatings, we just kept coming, wave after wave of us," one protester said. "When some of us would tire, others would head in. We gave each other courage." After several hours, the police were forced into a full retreat. Then, as the army was sent in, they disappeared …………………………………………….. There is a great sense of pride that this is a leaderless movement organized by the people. A genuine popular revolt. It was not organized by opposition movements, though they have now joined the protesters in Tahrir. The Muslim Brotherhood was out in full force today. At one point they began chanting "Allah Akbar" only to be drowned out by much louder chants of "Muslim, Christian, we are all Egyptian."

“They (Egypt) should have learned the lesson of what happened in our government in Tunisia.  The more violent and oppressive they (the state) gets, the more violent and angry people will be……  They (the people of Egypt) are motivated by genuine anger and genuine urge and need for freedom and for better conditions.”  - Fida Al Hammami in Tunisia

There is no leader of this movement.  Who replaces Mubarak is utterly irrelevant.  We are a population who needs to learn how to give birth to leadership and how to choose it.   As long as Hosni Mubarak is in power, we are incapable of doing this.  So why don’t we just face our destiny now.