Egypt's Chaos

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Well, obviously there is a huge topic in our media now: Egypt. With the over throw of the Tunisian government, Egypt has been protesting trying to get rid of Pr. Mubarak who has been in power for the last thirty years. Do I support this revolution? What does this mean for Israel? How is this effecting America? I'll tell you...

My greatest fear is for Israel. Mubarak is the biggest supported of Israel in Egypt. The general population still sees Israel as an enemy country, and with the fall of Hosni Mubarak, the cold peace with Israel might crumble and fall. However, I am not sure who will most likely succeed Mubarak at this junction. But, if the new leader is in contempt of Israel, the border between Gaza and Egypt might be used for weapons, which can be deadly for Israelis.

Egypt is one of the U.S.'s biggest Arab allies in the Middle East! The U.S.'s role is once again shunned because of involvement with this. Obama is put in a difficult position because if Mubarak is overthrown, the American government has to worry about their strongest ally in the Middle East (Israel). And, if they are in open support of the demonstrations, America will loose egypt as an ally. However, if they DONT support the protesting, America will be passively letting Mubarak quench free speech in his nation, as well as other human rights violations.

My opinion on this is tricky. I feel that a new leader needs to be elected immediately and democratically... but also extremely carefully by the Egyptian people. Egypt is at the heart of the middle east, and with this political upheaval, more chaos can spread to other nearby Arab nations. I'm curious as to how the Palestinians feel about this. Especially their (un)democratically elected leaders like Hamas.