Gingrich, Pawlenty and Kristof Team Up on Egypt

Little men and presidential wannabes Newt Gingrich and Tim Pawlenty on the right and journalist Nicholas Kristof on the left have unwittingly teamed up to say that Obama should come right out and push Egypt's Mubarak out the door.
Politicians and pundits chatter, while the Obama administration is actually in the trenches. As conservative Tony Blankley points out the situation in Egypt is delicate and gray:

Once in a while - as in our Revolution - the cry of the street slogans becomes the principle of the government that follows - but usually not.

If the revolution in Egypt results in the fall of the existing governmental order, what are the chances that the people will be governed subsequently by a more just system? And what are the chances that America's interests will be advanced by that result?

Will the Suez Canal no longer be open and safe for its vast commerce?

Will the Middle East tilt further in the evil direction of radical Islamist forces? Will our ally Israel be further isolated from its neighbors and its right to exist?

If the Suez Canal is threatened by an anti-Western regime, is it likely that we will find ourselves forced to occupy and protect the canal for world commerce?.... RCP

While he has the right argument, he comes to the wrong conclusion because he sees the world only through a conservative lens:

So, for both our reputation and our interests in the Middle East and beyond: Support Mr. Mubarak. Down with the revolution. Up with orderly progress. RCP

It doesn't have to be either or.
Huckabee and Santorum peddling their own misunderstanding of Egypt.