back to haunt us and really became, put us into a troubled condition which made us vulnerable to mr. zell. .. >> when everything seemed possible are over we have entered a time of uncertainty when our in niche of the arab revolution is framed not only by the images of jubilant protesters but by sectarian this in mob violence and church burnings, a humanitarian intervention of the struggle for hegemony for iran, turkey, united states, israel, much more complicated picture so the revolutionary wave has only begun. i am reminded of a wonderful scene in the battle of algiers that many of you have seen where a revolutionary talks about the revolution to a recruit but says that the sec the hard part is the day after. the middle east and north west africa is in flux so it is difficult to say anything of certainty but there is one thing that can be said that it took everybody by surprise it is true of almost inevitable stir together political repression, stagnation, and a deep sense of humiliation have a potent revolutionary cocktail. but the fact is nobody saw this coming. why is that? that is w