First Lady's Middle East Tour Stirs Mixed Reviews: "The referendum was marred when pro-government agents violently stormed into crowds of pro-democracy activists. Some Egyptian analysts speculated that Bush's praise of President Mubarak as 'bold' gave the government the green light to crack down on protesters.

Pro-democracy activists who were protesting the new rules were attacked by plain-clothes police in central Cairo. Reporters described repeated instances of plainclothes police groping female activists and journalists. At least two women had their clothes ripped off while police stood by and did nothing."

Behavior rewarded is behavior repeated. Good words for opening up to multiple parties. Will there be harsh words for the crack-down? I think that is mandatory in order to make sure that it is clear what the good words are for. But we can't see what is going on behind the scenes. Not all diplomacy takes place in the media.