Wednesday, May 23, 2012

The Egyptian Elections

I hope that people realize that the Egyptian free elections are a huge deal, even for America. Egypt has been a close ally of America for many years and one of the only ones in the area. There are many moderate independent nominees but there is also a presence of the Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood is a radical, in my mind, Islamic political group. They are looking to make Egypt more of a theocracy, this would be bad news for Americas interests abroad. If Egypt were to become a theocracy, similar to what Iran has, it would be harder to communicate with them and we would lose valuable friend. It is important to have allies in that part of the world, especially since we know that Iran is not really a fan of America and is apparently trying to wipe Israel off the map.

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