Friday, February 4, 2011

Current events in Egypt - what should Obama do?

In my opinion, the United States and Obama should not get involved in what is going on in Egypt right now, as it could be potentially disastrous regardless of what we could do. The United States has supported Mubarak because he has maintained peaceful policies toward Israel, so if the United States were to be on the side of those protesting, it might (in an indirect manner) more quickly put another leader in charge that is more favorable with the Egyptians that might not actually maintain peaceful policies with Israel, and since Egypt is the largest and most populous Arab country, if any Arab could destroy Israel single-handed it would probably be Egypt. On the other hand, if the United States decides to support Mubarak, it will alienate the majority of the Egyptian people and when Mubarak is finally not in power, it is likely that the next Egyptian leader would not want to cooperate with us and it could provoke future conflicts, be it a lack of economic cooperation or even war. It is just safer for the United States to stay out of the conflicts in Egypt right now, since we already are at war and don't need to make any more enemies. I think that it is not the business of the United States to interfere with peaceful protests and if the protests intensify, it is not our responsibility to stop it.

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