By: Trevor Loudon
New Zeal
Jim Simpson has written an excellent analysis of events in Egypt and Tunisia and the Obama Administration’s role in this debacle.
If Egypt should fall, it will mark the beginning of the end for what little remaining stability there is in the Middle East. Jordan is facing similar unrest, as is Algeria and Yemen. Lebanon and Tunisia fell in January. It is highly unlikely that these events are unrelated. A combination of leftist and Islamist forces provoked the protests, and we are likely looking at a ring of radical Islamic states rising up to surround Israel. Once their power is solidified, perhaps in a year or two, they will combine forces to attack Israel. If Israel falls, the United States will stand alone in a sea of virulent enemies and impotent allies.
So who does Obama support, Mubarak or his enemies?
Obama wasted no time in telling us. He supports Mubarak’s opponents, and probably has been all along. The Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday that the Obama administration favors a role for the Muslim Brotherhood in a new Egyptian government…
Check Jim’s full article at examiner.com.
This movement didn’t appear out of thin air. It is a result of high food prices and people not able to feed their families. Mubarak has no clue what is going on with the people and still doesn’t. High prices and shortages are already an issue here in the states and believe it or not it can get ugly here too. Playing your fear card is because you don’t have the facts. It’s amazing that one can get a multi million dollar job writing on a chalkboard at Fox without having graduated from high school. What we Americans have to fear most is ignorance with a microphone just like Egypt.