Politics

Ah... Here I am about to break my objective ... of not engaging in political rhetoric; but I feel I need to make a prediction.

The latest upheaval in the Middle East is quite scary for us, the US. The riots and protests in Egypt appears to be following an earlier one .. in Iran. The Iranian rioting led to the takeover there by militant Islamists and the ouster of US interests. Egypt could easily follow and be taken over by forces antagonistic towards the US. And, in my opinion, our very weak and incapable Administration is following a similar path that helped lead Iran to its present government by a former weak and ineffective US Administration in 1979.

It appears that the rioters are following a clue that says the US will not help or aid the present Egyptian administration due to some misguided support for a "humane and caring" concern for the rioters, when, in actuality, they are probably as ruthless as the Egyptian Government.

I predict that, unless the US gives full support to the present Egyptian administration, Egypt will become the next Islamist Republic and be totally against the US. Why worry? The Suez Canal and the close proximity to Israel are two obvious answers.