Social Media - Egypt's New Freedom!!

Have any of your Facebook friends posted this? "I stand by the people of Egypt. For years Mubarak has been a ruthless leader who has violated human rights time and time again. Now it is time that United States Government stands by the people of Egypt. We say we promote democracy in Iraq and Afghanistan now we should support all of the people that are fighting for their freedom and democracy in the middle east."
The people of Egypt started an uprising and statements similar to the one above were posted on virtual walls, as tweets and re-tweets across U.S.A. and the world since the uprising began, likely by thousands of people with no ties to Egypt at all. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq_JJI_8eg8
Banding together to fight for a common cause is not new to human race, but the omnipresence of Social Media has created a way for causes to reach more people, much faster, and deliver more information than ever before.
I am sure all of us are aware of how social networking rallied, "petitioned" and secured Betty White as host of Saturday Night Live, in a similar way, the American culture of Social Networking was used to to the best sway public opinion and actually involve the United States government in aiding the Egyptian uprising!
Heath Haussamen, the editor of NMPolitics.net, recently pointed his 2,041 Facebook friends to this link with this persuasive rhetoric: "-Crazy things happening in Egypt".
I am not implying that Mr. Haussamen alone swayed public opinion in American politics and single-handedly changed the paradigm of United States/Egypt relations, but his message was potentially seen by thousands of readers. And let's not forget he linked the message from Facebook, which has over 500 million members worldwide, and over 115 million in the U.S. alone. This meanstthis called for support, urging the U.S. government(many of whom are Facebook friends too!) to take action!
One might have reasoned then that just because all these people read the post or watches a video on You Tube, it won't make them band together for change. But, now the protest is out and he has resigned!! However, let's consider recent history:
When a massive earthquake hit a province in China, thousands of residents Tweeted, posted and texted their accounts of the horror to the world even before the Chinese government was informed. Within hours, donation sites were set up across the globe by the public, circumventing any involvement from the Chinese Government.
Facebook surveys have allowed people living in the war-torn Kashmir province to let the world know what country they believe their land is part of, despite the purely symbolic nature of the survey. Iranians took to Tweet after the recent election scandal, prompting international attention to the country.
Social networking has also been given much of credit for overwhelming voter turnout and campaign success during the 2008 elections (especially from younger voters, a demographic not prone to excercising their civic duties).
Writer Lee Brenner wrote in an article for White House Correspondents Insider,"The Obama campaign was extremely successful in their online organizing strategy and they will tell you they owe their win to the grassroots network, on-line video, MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, SMS, and a strong e-mail campaign."
With millions who were and are watching events unflod on TV and Internet, and having had access to unprecedented amounts of visceral, emotional accounts of the escalating conflict found only on sites like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter, I am certain that the culture of social networking swayed public opinion, exerting such influence that United States government responded as agents of their people!