Submission: Commentary from an American in Cairo

Received via email from Robert Greenwald's <a href="http://www.bravenewfoundation.org/">Brave New Foundation</a>:

The Revolution
will be captured on cell phones and uploaded to the BBC.   The
Revolution will be on line, on Youtube and on your mind.  The Revolution will be brought to you in real
time by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.  The
Revolution will not be parsed by Wolf Blitzer in the Situation Room or
explained by former Secretary of State Madelyn Halfbright.   The
Revolution will be recycled over and over on the 24 hour news cycle.  The Revolution update you on Twitter and like
you back on Facebook.  The Revolution
will be decried by pundits who are highly qualified fools.  The Revolution will be misconstrued by Sunday
morning talking-heads and condemned by bombastic demagogues on Fox News.  The Revolution will speak through Hugo
Chavez.  The Revolution will foil the
plans of pathological K Street interest groups that long ago hijacked my
country’s foreign policy.  The Revolution
will lead you to ask why the U.S. government allows a certain client state to
detain Americans for six months without charge and force them to sign
confessions in a language they don’t understand.  The Revolution will expose the hypocrisy of
power brokers who say violence is not the answer while escalating violence in
Afghanistan.  The Revolution will ask why
your government spies on you, concocts phony terrorist plots and touches your
junk at the airport. The Revolution will leave the Marseille and the 1812
Overture ringing in your ears and Public Enemy on your iPod.  The Revolution will set you free, brother.  Long Live the Revolution in Cairo and beyond.