Good morning Cairo!

The world is doing some crazy crap. Tunisia and Sudan have made news for unrest as has Yemen and there is concern of other nations in Africa and the middle-east having uprisings.

The big show though is happening in Egypt where once again, an entire continent is showing it's inability to handle itself.

Don't get me wrong though, this could be the beginning. This could be the time Egyptians stand up, take control of their lives and become all they can be.

Thing is, Africa isn't really the mess we over here think it is. There are 10 or 15 of the 50 or so countries on that continent are screwed up. Genocide and war are ways of life in some places but then you have Ghana which is pretty stable and Kenya which is pretty good too. South Africa also is stable.

But the nation on that continent with the strongest military, one of the world's most ancient societies, Egypt, is making them all look stupid again.

I support the protests, I even support revolution if called for. What I have a problem with is this morning's news.

President Hosni Mubarak announced he will not step down today, but will not seek reelection. I understand the protesters disappointment with this, I do. But it is what it is now.

The military said go home. You were allowed your free assembly, your voices have been heard around the world, and if you president/dictator does as he says (and with international pressure he pretty much has to), then you will get your way in seven months.

But did they turn around and go home? No. They continue to keep the nation gridlocked and shut down. There is little to no commerce in Cairo, tourism is dead for the moment, I don't even want to think about where 1 million people in the streets for this many days take a crap.

What's worse though, is that Mubarak supporters are now protesting. All would have likely been well but eventually two angry mobs met and now the citizens are fighting each other.

AP News had a photo of a man on a camel charging a man on a horse in the middle of a mob of people throwing rocks.

That image isn't all of Africa, but I think many Americans think it is. If one of that continents most stable nations degrades to that level this fast, I just don't see the world taking any of them seriously anytime soon.

The U.S., England, Iran, Turkey and Austria among others have weighed in on Mubarak publicly and behind the scenes. Those countries have to step up because Africa is eerily silent. A Google search finds little to no comment from any African leader.

I'm not saying the need to intervene, but their neighbor is a major economic player over there and what happens in Egypt will effect the rest of them. They can't just sit there like they're doing now.

But as usual, where ever problems strike, the world looks west to U.S. for some kind of leadership. On the Today show this morning they even showed an Egyptian protester with an Obama-esque sign that said "Yes we can, too."

I hope we don't need to bother. The Egyptians, like all people, need to show restraint equal to their recent enthusiasm and take control of their own destiny without throwing rocks like children.