Last week was a historic week for Egyptians. President Mubarak has stepped down from power to prevent another massive riot in Egypt. Last Thursday, President Mubarak announced that he would not step down until the September elections. The problem with that was the protesters would probably killed him. The next day, the protesters were shouting for joy for the end of the thirty year reign of their President.
Around the world, people were watching and inspired by the revolution Egypt had. News reports say that Iran is on the move for their own riots as well. Hundreds of riot police took the streets against the reporters. The riot police has shot tear gas against the thousands of rioters in Iran. Reports say that twenty to thirty thousand protesters were in the streets of different cities in Iran.
My opinion is that nothing is getting done over there and it's just making matters worse. The mainstream media just praises of what happened in Egypt, but were clueless of whats going to happen next in Egypt. The military is only there temporarily and the only well organized group is The Muslim Brotherhood. The Middle East is being influenced by this and thats a fact because we are seeing Iran doing the same thing. You give it a couple of months or a year and you will see Europe having massive riots. The main question is that are we seeing an American Revolution or a French Revolution?
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/15/world/middleeast/15iran.html?scp=2&sq=Iran&st=cse
I think that Mubarak stepping down is something that has been a long time coming. I mean, he has been reigning as their president for 30 years. Egypt wants democracy and that is something that the Egyptian people deserve. Everyone has the right to a democracy. If Mubarak would have stayed in office i think that the Egyptian people should have killed him. I just think all the countries now want a democracy instead of a dictatorship.
ReplyDeleteI have to mention that I think it is a good thing that Mubarak has stepped down. However, i have to say that I believe that it will not be that much of a good thing because I believe that the new regime and the country being ran by the military is not that great. As for the other countries i hope they can figure things out peacefully.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the President would have stepped down a long time ago, would any of this be happening? It has became a chain reaction, turmoil everywhere! It is frightening and discouraging and I hope that Americans ban together and stand agains the violence. Good write up :)
ReplyDeleteGod bless,
Lauren