washingtonpost.com: Bush, in Shift on Egypt, Links New Aid to Rights

Every so often, Bush surprises me and does the right thing. This is one of those times. The prosecution of Saad Eddin Ibrahim was so over-the-top unjustifiable by democratic principles that I guess in the end it couldn't be ignored. If we're going to stop pretending that the "moderate" Arab states are anything more than allies of convenience and start pushing for real change... Well, it will be ugly in the short term, but it's what we should do.