Troubled Egypt:What Will Come?

When I first heard all this nonsense about Egypt I did not know if their president was the one killing or if it was all the people protesting against Hosni Mubarak's presidency. I now know that it’s really the protesters and the president’s army. “President’s army” the reason why I stated those two words that was is because President Mubarak was in the air force. The people of Egypt will listen to the Egyptian army because they believe that the army is for the people and will listen to their cries, when really; President Mubarak and the Egyptian army have been considered “one” for thirty years. He has been very good to the military. In my own opinion he has been good to the army only because he served in the air force and if he’s good to them won’t they be good to him? This is not how the army should work. They can take orders from the president but, overall they should be listening to the people, considering, how Hosni Mubarak isn’t.

Hosni Mubarak has been in power since 1981, stated by Janine Zacharia, that right there blows my mind. He has been in power for 30 years!! I strongly agree that he needs to be gone. He has never denied that he will used force to challenges against his rule. He recently stated in a press conference that he has no desire to step down. What he will do is not run in the next election, which is help in September, and is seven months away and that has some secrets to it also. Do you think this is going to fly with the Egypt’s citizens? I think not. While in his press conference, Fred Kaplan, dotted down that Mubarak  “Urged the young people in the square (whom he likened to his "children") to "restore the normal way of life to the Egyptian streets." To me, that right there is severe sarcasm. He knows the protesters are against him and the government and, yet, he calls them his “children.” I also believe he said it knowing that the protesters would get a riot over it.

So does the United States get involved in this since we are already in Iraq fighting one? President Obama has stated that America will state out of this. One reason is because Egypt has been our ally for years and why mess that up? But are there any other, hidden, reasons?  After Mubarak’s conference there has been many questions brought up. Now, that the world knows that he is not going to step down until the election, and that he is not afraid to use force will President Obama change his mind and will be over there next to try and help them? Also, what about the Egyptians army? They too have a decision to make. Will they stand by the president, who has been in office for thirty years, or will they stand by the people, whom they are supposed to stand behind anyways?

I do not see this whole ordeal coming to an end quickly. I think it will still be going on months from now and I believe The U.S will most likely get involved.

Go to http://www.slate.com/id/2284669/?GT1=38001 to get the whole story.

For those of you that don’t know, Egypt is located between the shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea and connects Eurasia with Africa, and it borders Israel, Sudan, and Libya.