Saturday, February 12, 2011

Troubles in Egypt??

USA Today writes about the United States having an expected uncertain future in Egypt. I understand everyones questions about what could possibly happen, especially since nobody knows who will be Egypt's new president and how he will feel about the ally and peace treaty with the US. Another issue that is of major concern is that now that Egyptians know that they can heavily influence their government how far will they try to take their new found power? By no means am I suggesting that we try to suppress these people but reality is that this is a concern. How much tolerance will they have for our nation, if they decide to tolerate us at all?? The US has been able to successfully keep peace and protect US interest with newly resigned President Mubarak for almost 30 yrs now.This could be a another disaster in the middle east that we do not need, bringing up another concern of how many many neighboring countries will attempt this? Effecting the already rocky stability our nation has. I completely disagree with presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs in his saying "I don't think we have to fear democracy." Bottom line...we have a lot to fear. President Obama seems to be keeping a cool head about the entire ordeal, but saying that we have hard times ahead. He also praises the restraint of the Egyptian Military calling them "caregivers" and speaking on lifting the emergency police power laws that protect the rights of citizens and revising the countries laws and constitution. The author did a great job of showing how certain people in positions of power view this situation and I believe this is a must read :) Very informative and easy to follow. Although the author does not seem to choose a side, they allow the reader to be able to view both sides and make a decision for themselves. Two thumbs up...:D