I’m thinking that interrupting afternoon (albeit mid-revolution) prayers with a water cannon won’t be taken very well in the rest of the Islamic world. Allow me to quote the thought of every leader of every Muslim country from Morocco to Indonesia, who upon seeing this remembered their old school hip hop, in this case EPMD: What a way to go out, out like a sucker.

PS. The NYT tells the story behind the picture.

PPS. Crossing the Nile is the new Crossing the Rubicon.

PPPS. Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has demanded his Cabinet’s resignation and says he’ll appoint a new one. Dude…that’s so 1989. Why are you despots always so fucking deluded? It’s you that the Egyptian people want gone. They could give a rat’s ass about your Cabinet, and if you don’t do as they want, you’re going to end up getting the full Ceaucescu.

Image via @ollywainright. CNN has video of the moments just before here.