"To some extent, Mr. Mubarak opened the door for President Obama to appeal even more directly to the protesters, some of whom have felt betrayed by the administration’s cautious approach, saying it placed strategic interests ahead of democratic values." What? Egyptian protesters fault Obama for placing STRATEGIC INTERESTS ahead of democracy? Oh, no. They know what is at stake. They know that Obama places Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty (and the interests of Israeli wars and occupations) ahead of democratic values. Strategic interests, my potato.