Flash: `Umar Sulyaman vice-president

This just in.  The chief of Egyptian intelligence, `Umar Sulayman, has just been appointed vice-president for Mubarak.  As is known, Mubarak has resisted for decades naming a vice-president.  The announcement reveal two things: 1) that he is officially and in a subtle way informing the Egyptian people that Jamal Mubarak is no more his successor. 2) that reveal a US coup at the top.  The US and Israel want a continuation of the regime but without Mubarak.   The rest depends on the Egyptian people, and how hard they will press.  I tend to think that they won't be fooled, even if the process of change take a while, a year or more.