1932 German election.]

Dershowitz's false equivalence of sacrificing America's "only reliable ally in the middle east" for one who would never be more than a "fairweather friend" is an embarrassing straw man argument where he points as one thing only as possible, or at least likely, as a given result. That somehow supporting Egypt's move towards real democracy would always be antithetical to our and Israel's goals.

Mona Eltahawy was blunt in her assessment of the manure Dershowitz was spewing, calling him "hypocritical and alarmist". "You're talking nonsense," she said.

David Gergen was given the last word which he used to back up Dershowitz's call to maintain the status quo as in the best interests of the United States, stability above all else, and especially not the messy and unpredictable nature of democracy. Dershowitz nodded approvingly, content in his own sanctimony.