A wave of optimism

The events in the Middle East feel reminiscent of Europe of 1989 - a real chance for liberal democracy to flourish in an area dominated by despotic regimes. Lets hope real democracy comes to bring stability, human rights and civil society. Egypt shows that the neo-conservative view on foreign affairs is now a defunct ideology. It is people, the ordinary citizen of a country that can and should lead the charge for real change, not the tank and missile. Good luck to Egypt and all its people.