Egyptian Army to Honor Peace Treaty with Israel

It is being reported that the Egyptian Army, which apparently is in charge, will honor "all international agreements" of the Mubarak regime. This includes of course the peace treaty, which has held firm under Mubarak, with Israel. Egypt's armed forces receive many many dollars in aid and training from the United States and of course it makes sense that they would not want to kill that cash cow. I wonder how long before the people realize that the military is probably just "more of the same." I still predict an outcome detrimental to the West either sooner or later. My money is on sooner.

The People have Spoken. Now What?

The handwriting has been on the wall for a few days now. It was sure that Mubarak would step down either sooner or later. It is good I suppose that the army did not fire on protesters and as of now very few lives have been lost on the street. Everyone is happy. Our president is pleased and of course any ally of ours must be wondering if they will be dropped in the grease when the going gets tough. After the honeymoon wears off and the Muslim Brotherhood becomes a force in the region things will not look so rosy. I hope the West has some contingency plan to seize and defend the Suez. Hate to be so pessimistic but if we are not prepared...

What the Hell. I will also Pontificate on the "Egyptian Crisis"

Ok the Mohammedans are on the streets in Cairo, Alexandria, etc. I saw pics of some on camels. The cavalry I suppose. Did not see any flying carpets. I guess the Air Force was grounded for a bit. In all seriousness this a dangerous situation for those of us in the West, not to mention the "Zionist Entity."  The problem here as I see it is that whatever govt that Egypt comes up with next will likely not honor the treaty with Israel, will probably be influenced by Islamists and therefore not friendly to Western (and other) Democracies, and will likely, much like Iran, be interested in exporting the "revolution" across the Muslim world. I am certainly all for people living in freedom and I do truly feel for those that thirst for such in this part of the world. Unfortunately their freedom is not of paramount importance at this time. What is of great importance however is the security of Israel, the status quo, the security of the Suez, and the security of the West.  If hellish regimes need to be in place in that part of the world to ensure the above remains intact then so be it. A great many in this country and elsewhere need to grow up and look at the world the way it is instead of how they would like it to be. A Utopian is often a fool and I believe those that are immediately supportive of regime change in Egypt are not looking at the big picture. Perhaps they are not Utopians at all but just garden variety stupid.