The counter-revolution has set in"

"Vice President Omar Suleiman of Egypt says he does not think it is time to lift the 30-year-old emergency law that has been used to suppress and imprison opposition leaders. He does not think President Hosni Mubarak needs to resign before his term ends in September. And he does not think his country is yet ready for democracy.  But, considering it lacks better options, the United States has strongly backed him to play the pivotal role in a still uncertain transition process in Egypt."