--though in editing my comment, I made it grimmer than it actually is because I cut out the key phrase "next year." He's stepping down next year. Still not great, but on the other hand, eventually the next generation does have to step up and take over the reins, and *they* have to try to be inspiring. It's hard when it's the business of nursing along a fragile country rather than the heroics of resistance--but on the other hand, compared with those days, everyone *is* better off. Now people just need to get into the business of nurturing this flower and making it bloom.