to cross-talk egyptian spring i'm joined by henri sara and in washington he is the founder and editor of mere rhetoric dot com and in new york we cross is stephen slawson he's an adjunct fellow at the century foundation i german cross-talk rules and in fact that means you can jump any time you want and i do go to my friend in d.c. first where is the egyptian revolution stand at this moment i mean look the question is not is there a revolution left it's who has successfully hijacked the revolution it's the military which seems to be in control is that the muslim brotherhood which for a time seem to be in control but has stumbled badly in the last few days gratuitously picking a fight with the military gratuitously taking the fight was going to them high center matter as it was it no matter how it was it just a matter of time. i mean it's all listen. i think that's right we were in a environment where there was autocratic rule in the population wasn't going to take it anymore the question was how long was the transition going to take now ironically by virtue of the fact that i think wes