...for now.
Option 2) Don't get $2 Billion per year from the US and take go up against the Israelis.
Maybe (.)bama can get back on TV and gin up another revolution over there.
Meanwhile, his PR staff is trying to equate his behind the scene (or is it his behind is showing) work with Reagan’s push to have the Berlin Wall torn down. The street organizer who takes credit for a rehabed inner city outcome devoid from the fact his rhetoric destroyed the city during the riot inspired by his actions.
Correction:
“Egypt military authorities ‘to respect all treaties’”
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“Egypt military authorities ‘to respect all treaties’, while in power”
From what I’m hearing, the threat from the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood isn’t as great, right now, as we think. Mubarak’s regime was successful in culling the most extreme members from that group. If there is going to be a Islamic revolution in Egypt it will probably come from an outside group (Hamas, Martyr’s Brigade, Al Qaeda, etc).
The economic challenges in Egypt are tremendous and probabilty of a “second revolution” is very high. Since the end of WWII the Sadat/Mubarak regimes have made some economic progress in Egypt, but it was all based on tourism and cronyism. There is very little economic upside for next 10 years in Egypt. They will soon become an oil importing nation and they are unable to feed their growing population. Mubarak is leaving Egypt at a point in time where their economy is about as good as it can get. If he stayed on things would have gotten worse. Without him things will incdeed get worse and in 10 years Mubarak’s reign will be seen as ‘the good, old days’.
The best case scenario is that all remains the same except Obama gets elevated to position of saint.
Worst case is that the ME melts down and we face a widened security treat.
Either way this is BS
A continued military dictatorship is probably the best Egypt can hope for, flowery claims of “people power” notwithstanding.
I very much doubt that Egypts military will be keen on handing the country over to Mullahs.
I think that the MB will keep undermining the military - trying to stir things up.
Egypt is key for the most vital objective: the canal
With control of the canal they can bring down all the infidel, imperialistic nations.
Logistics: the most important part of any military action.
I predict the MB will covertly begin a campaign to subvert the military making them look bad and the MB good. Mark my words.