A country with 79 million people--Egypt. When you think of this country, the things that come to mind are pyramids, mummys, and the Great Sphinx. You never consider riots of tens of thousands of people.
An Overview of Egypt.
Mubarek is a dictator and Egypt is a very important ally to the U.S. Sometimes you have to weigh the options...a dictator or allow radical Islamists to dominate the entire -Mid-East. Mubarek has been a central player in our efforts for peace between Israel and Palestine and has been central in efforts to combat al Qaeda.
Egypt is a Republic. "The official opposition and political pressure groups, like the Muslim Brotherhood that says--The organization's motto is as follows: “Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. Qur'an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope." They are active in Egypt and make their views public. They are represented at various levels in the political system. However, power is concentrated in the hands of the President of the Republic and the National Democratic Party which retains a super-majority in the People's Assembly."
The riots first started in Turkey and have spread across Europe. Most are the result of socialistic governments realizing that they have just run out of "other peoples' money. The citizenry is unhappy that the government is no longer their Mom and Pop.
ReplyDeleteFolks have come to expect so much from the government that they have forgotten what it is to be independent. The riots across Europe and the Middle East are what happens when we become a nanny state.
ReplyDeleteSocialistic, Communistic and Dictatorial's are all feeling the pain as there is not enough money to keep up the four day work weeks and eight weeks of yearly vacation that the folks have come to expect.
"It was a major escalation in the movement that began on Tuesday to demand 82-year-old Mubarak's ouster and vent rage at years of government neglect of rampant poverty, unemployment and rising food prices. Security officials said protesters ransacked the headquarters of Mubarak's ruling party in the cities of Mansoura north of Cairo and Suez, east of the capital."
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/28/violent-clashes-police-break-cairo/#ixzz1CLoHNjAF