“Mubarak has been an ally of ours in a number of things. And he’s been very responsible on, relative to geopolitical interest in the region, the Middle East peace efforts; the actions Egypt has taken relative to normalizing relationship with – with Israel. … I would not refer to him as a dictator.”   –US Vice-Emperor, Joe Biden.

(1) http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2011/0128/Egypt-protests-US-speaks-again-but-no-one-seems-to-be-listening