Peacekeepers?

I'm not suggesting this (yet), but I am curious... At what point do African Union or UN Peacekeeprs go into Egypt to keep the violence down? When thousands are dead? When the Egyptian military continues to do little to keep its own people safe (their primary role)?

At daybreak they were seen detaining a couple of people, seemingly keeping the peace.

Interesting though --

Think Mubarak is a mad dog and that it will be too late to stop him re killing

everyone there -- unless another 1 or 2 million Egyptian protesters show up today.

The protesters there say, if they left now, Mubarak would hunt them down and kill them.

A dictator who has now appointed a torturer as his VP!

round up?
The key is the army.
I just saw on TV tonight that the army is ONE THIRD of Egypt's economy.
The Armed Forces of Egypt are the largest on the African continent and one of the largest in the world (ranked 10th)

Good article here and I wasn't aware of that the army had put out a statement:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20110201/wl_time/08599204545500

If the military declines to use force to disperse the protesters and upholds their right to peaceful protest, that could create a duality of power. The democratic rebellion may not necessarily be strong enough to actually send Mubarak packing, but it could be too strong to be destroyed if he no longer has the option of shooting his way out of the crisis. And if Mubarak is unable to quash the democracy movement, it will likely continue to gather strength while his own power ebbs. (See exclusive pictures of the turmoil in Egypt.)

"The armed forces will not resort to use of force against our great people," an army statement, released Monday, stated. "Your armed forces, who are aware of the legitimacy of your demands and are keen to assume their responsibility in protecting the nation and the citizens, affirm that freedom of expression through peaceful means is guaranteed to everybody."

stone throwers per Al Jazeera, and last night they were using smoke to keep sides apart.

as for democracy. Haiti.