One voice from inside the fray has emerged on the blogs: the voice of Egyptian blogger Sandmonkey, who is personal friends with Michael Totten, who is blogging over at Powerline. Sandmonkey says that this IS about establishing a democracy in Egypt.
There's been a great deal of concern over Sandmonkey's welfare, as he is actively involved with the protest; he's been arrested, released, beaten, robbed and yet still he speaks for democracy.
His blog is now offline, but his last post is available here at Powerline. This is truly remarkable reading. As of this moment, he is still alive.
You can follow postings regarding his safety here. The new social media really is quite remarkable.
From Sandmonkey's last post:
Now, just in case this isn't clear: This protest is not one made or sustained by the Muslim Brotherhood, it's one that had people from all social classes and religious background in Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood only showed up on Tuesday, and even then they were not the majority of people there by a long shot. We tolerated them there since we won't say no to fellow Egyptians who wanted to stand with us, but neither the Muslims Brotherhood not any of the Opposition leaders have the ability to turn out one tenth of the numbers of Protesters that were in Tahrir on Tuesday. This is a revolution without leaders. Three Million individuals choosing hope instead of fear and braving death on hourly basis to keep their dream of freedom alive. Imagine that.
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