Losing Egypt

Canada Free Press ^ | 1/29/2011 | Allen Caruba

[Signalman]

Those of us around at the time of the 1979 Iranian student revolution that deposed the shah are having strong feelings of déjà vu because that uprising was swiftly co-opted by Ayatollah Khomeini who hated the Great Satan, America, as much as he hated the Little Satan, Israel.

The U.S. lost a major ally in the Middle East. The Shah may have been a bastard, but he was our bastard. The CIA had put him on the Peacock Throne.

The uprising in Egypt, if taken over by the Muslim Brotherhood, will severely endanger American interests that have largely been coasting along in the belief that Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak would engineer a smooth transition of power to his son. This was the scenario in Syria when its dictator, Hafiz al-Assad, passed away.

That scenario just went out the window. Given the depth of opposition to Mubarak, it is unlikely power would pass to his son, Jamal who, with his wife and daughter have fled to Great Britain. Moreover, since Mubarak has no vice president, there is a major power vacuum. The fate of the Suez Canal

The fate of the Suez Canal is the biggest geopolitical concern at this point. A lot of oil transits through it in much the same way it does through the Strait of Harmuz. Years of growing dependency on Middle East oil while our own vast reserves were locked up and neglected will demonstrate why the policies of several administrations have been not just short-sighted, but incredibly stupid.

[Signalman]

The problem, of course, is that we have a President who is intellectually, emotionally, philosophically, and in all other ways not up to this crisis.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

One can be sure that whatever this group of imbeciles currently running our country does with regard to Egypt maximum damage will be inflicted upon American interests.

[Oztrich Boy]

Looking more like Vietnam 1963, when the Kennedy administration decided Diem needed to be replaced.

However, this time, whoever wins, the US loses. (noted tag line)

[Happy Rain]

We are not going to “lose” Egypt.
After Obama’s inauguration he,like every other president before him,was escorted by the Secret Service to the “Clue Room,” where he was smacked upside the head and told,”You can play politics all you want but here are the hard facts about our basic survival and if you cross these lines you will be couch spuddin’ with JFK,RFK,MLKjr Malcom X,Bernie Mac,and Lumpy Brannum!”
“Keeping Egypt” from America's enemies is one of those absolute facts—facts that cost us Sadat and may cost us Mubarak but we WILL hold Egypt and the Suez canal no matter what.
Unless Obama is suicidal.

[MasterGunner01]

“. . . but we WILL hold Egypt and the Suez canal no matter what. Unless Obama is suicidal.’

Obama IS suicidal and he wants to destroy America to prove it.