I’m already tired of the constant barrage of news coming out of Egypt. Most of which right now are not about what’s going on, but about how mistreated the American Reporters are. These poor unfortunate “journalists” getting attacked and threatened. I wonder if it’s just a matter of time when the topic is rampant shark attacks, that these reporters are going to be out on surf boards and then will be shocked that a shark takes a nibble. This is the same thing that they are doing right now. Attention Whoring in their desperation for ratings. A guy goes into an Anti-American Mob and is surprised that he gets attacked? This is a stupid thing to do. How about you go into a Cafe in down town Green Bay Wisconsin this Sunday with a Steelers shirt? That would be a stupid thing to do. How about going to a Biker Bar and proclaiming that “Harley’s Suck!” and “Hey, Village People! Sing YMCA for me!”. Let me tell you… the beating you would get… you earned that. These reporters, they are earning their welts as well. The Democratic Way was mishandled from way back so this eruption is no surprise. The leader was a dictator that was crushing his people and his government was evil and corrupt. The problem though is that the Muslim Brotherhood is taking full advantage of this in a move to gain power. They offer a better way of life, they are making promises that sound good to the masses of impoverished people to gain their support.
They will win. Egypt is lost. And this situation could have been prevented years ago.
The problem with Egypt is the Suez Canal and if it falls into “unfriendly” hands expect the price of a barrel of oil in the West to skyrocket.
That is a huge issue. Not so much for the USA directly, but for our allies. Japan doesn’t keep oil reserves like we do and unlike us the vast majority of oil they import comes from the middle east. Basically, Japan would grind to a halt without that oil coming through the Suez.
Even though we have oil reserves the second we dip into them prices will go out of control. Why does such a small strip of land that “valuable” have to be in such a place? Stuff like this causes wars…who gives a crap about hippie journalists getting thier asses beat for being in places where they shouldn’t. Not THAT is worth watching.