just mentioned, it sounds like the military will stay in some kind of a transitional caretaker role as they transition to something else. now the military in egypt and the military in the united states as you point out have very close relations, especially the top several thousand officers. they've all trained inch in the united states, gone to west point. they know each other's family. they've worked closely for 30 years. they have american equipment, they need american spare parts to maintain the equipment. that relationship is unlikely to sever. if it does sever all bets are off. egypt for 4,000 years have been ruled by autocrafts, dictators, kings, pharaohs. this will be their first democracy and it may not be smooth. the question is is egypt going to be the next iran or will egypt end up more like a rock with a fledgling, messy sloppy .