I think. Mubarak finally woke up and noticed that nobody likes him, and has resigned. That's the good news.
The bad news is that power has been turned over to a military council. Shouldn't a stable state have a plan for managing succession and change that is entirely civilian?
But for now it's entirely for the better that a man who held onto power for 30 years has been deposed. Let's just hope they aren't trading one dictator for another.
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