New arrests during the protests are showing an appearance of a Muslim group called The Muslim Brotherhood. As i mentioned in my last post this is an immediate red flag. The Muslim Brotherhood wants to oust the old government and establish a new Muslim regime. New York Time's writer Bronner believes that this represents one of the most powerful political groups in Egypt.
While some may argue that the Muslim Brotherhood is a peaceful group this does not diminish the fact that a religious group such as them may go to cease power. The road to hell is paved with good intentions and allowing a Muslim group to take control is unacceptable as not only does this pose a threat to America but also this presents us with the more universal issue of separation of church and state.
Does this mean that the US needs to intervene? Maybe, but any intervention would need to be very carefully thought out. Aggressive actions could create another enemy for us on the other side of the world. Perhaps by allowing the ousting of the former government to happen but ensuring it's peaceful transition it the best. But at the same time whenever the us supports a foreign ousting it comes back to bite us.
Most importantly is the information of ties with Hamas which immediately end any possibility of this new Muslim group being peaceful. If neither party in Egypt backs down (current leadership and the protesters) extremist groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood could have their opportunity to strike and establish themselves in the government and bring a more violent era to the history of Egypt and a large threat to United States and it's allies, namely Israel.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Our Crazy World: Egypt Summary
For all of you too lazy to actual find out what is going on in Egypt here is a great summary I found in, credit to Hossam:
The people are protesting against the president Mubarak who has been in reign with his own regime for 30yrs (Bloggers edit: He also is trying to make his son the successor and this has outraged people who were hoping when he leaves that his regime would be over, instead he is creating a dynasty and he uses the military as a political tool).
They have been influenced by the success of what happened in Tunisia. They want more freedom, more jobs and food prices to go down.The internet has been shut down because it is a way of communicating and protesters can gain support etc in this way. If you are shut down from communications you are more likely to stay at home and do nothing. Mobile phones are not working either. They have also closed down international news channels on TV so the locals do not know what is happening.
The people are protesting against the president Mubarak who has been in reign with his own regime for 30yrs (Bloggers edit: He also is trying to make his son the successor and this has outraged people who were hoping when he leaves that his regime would be over, instead he is creating a dynasty and he uses the military as a political tool).
They have been influenced by the success of what happened in Tunisia. They want more freedom, more jobs and food prices to go down.The internet has been shut down because it is a way of communicating and protesters can gain support etc in this way. If you are shut down from communications you are more likely to stay at home and do nothing. Mobile phones are not working either. They have also closed down international news channels on TV so the locals do not know what is happening.
Our Crazy World: Egypt
Well that was unexpected, in the middle of a recession, in a conflict with Afghanistan and all the other s--t that's going down we Egypt decides to show up. Julian Assange and his Wikileaks have fallen out of favor and for good reason. Looks like we are about to have ourselves a good old fashion ousting! Grab some popcorn and a soda my friends and watch this unfold.
First of all this is an America ally nations so things could get interesting. Usually when an allied Arab or middle east nation has major internal issues United States could have a problem on its hands. Israel for example is more or less friendly with parts of this government but this conflict could bring to the surface a more radical regime. However intervention brings up the issue where America has screwed the pooch on helping and in the long run ruined things.
If this ends up only being a win for democracy then that's good but if some opportunistic groups try to sneak in and wreak havoc then we may have another Iran on our hands. The less democratic leadership leaves but brings in a religious extremist group.
But this fight the power trend is interesting. As we see in Thailand where a similar rebellion is going on and censorship is being used to control it.
I believe we are looking at the effects of the new internet generation getting its hands on what is know cheap information and gaining empowerment on levels that current governments can't control. China is doing a preemptive strike with its powerful censorship laws, but how long can such a facade last?
That's all for now folks but I plan on bringing a more planned out discussion soon.
First of all this is an America ally nations so things could get interesting. Usually when an allied Arab or middle east nation has major internal issues United States could have a problem on its hands. Israel for example is more or less friendly with parts of this government but this conflict could bring to the surface a more radical regime. However intervention brings up the issue where America has screwed the pooch on helping and in the long run ruined things.
If this ends up only being a win for democracy then that's good but if some opportunistic groups try to sneak in and wreak havoc then we may have another Iran on our hands. The less democratic leadership leaves but brings in a religious extremist group.
But this fight the power trend is interesting. As we see in Thailand where a similar rebellion is going on and censorship is being used to control it.
I believe we are looking at the effects of the new internet generation getting its hands on what is know cheap information and gaining empowerment on levels that current governments can't control. China is doing a preemptive strike with its powerful censorship laws, but how long can such a facade last?
That's all for now folks but I plan on bringing a more planned out discussion soon.
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