Could Mubarak’s Release Help Egypt?

An Egyptian court has decided to free former President Hosni Mubarak from prison. Outrageous as his release would be, there is a reason to hope it happens.

So far, nothing -- not even a civilian death toll approaching 1,000 -- has convinced Egypt’s liberal secularists of the error of their ways in supporting the military takeover of July 3. Watching the release of Mubarak, the dictator they risked their lives to remove just two years ago, just might help to change their minds.