EGYPT: Democracy on a roll?

The citizens of Egypt are rioting, sparked by the rioting in Tunisia.

The riots are fueled by Twitter and Facebook accounts?

Egypt is a much larger country (80 million) than Tunisia (10 million) and is a strong ally of the United States and stands firm against radical Islam.

The rioters in Egypt are also from a broad spectrum of Egyptian society; white collar, blue collar, peasant, professor, etc. which is a good thing. The group also includes Muslims and Christians and that may prohibit a radical Islamic party from taking power but the threat is always possible.

In similar situations, it is the army or the person that controls the army who decides how the country will be run.

Some are saying that the people have had it with dictators and want democracy? Wow, that is a tall order but could this become a domino effect?

George Bush attacked Iraq to make it into a democracy with the hope that once other nations see how great Iraq is doing, they will convert to democracy. Obviously, Iraq and all those dead American soldiers did not precipitate a democratic revolution in the Arab world but one young Tunisian may have.

This may be defining moment in our history….stay tuned…

Related articles

• Arab revolutions (geneveith.com)
• Will Egypt go the way of Tunisia? (theglobeandmail.com)
• From Tunisia to Egypt: Protests for Democracy in the Arab World (wnyc.org)
• As Clashes Continue, Why Fear of Islamists Paralyzes the U.S. on Egypt (time.com)
• "US Pursues Two-Track Policy to Suppress Protests in Egypt and Tunisia" and related posts (dprogram.net)
• North Africa in flames: Why Egypt is no Tunisia (cnn.com)