I think the riots in Egypt were done by the people for freedom and they felt it was important for the future of their country to be democratic. In the article by Laurence Pope entitled The Second Arab Awakening said “The Arab regimes that survive will have to learn to ride the demographic tiger of a young, angry, and newly empowered population.” Things have changed with the Egyptian population and people are starting to realize that the government is unfair and not democratic. As Americans we have to support the spreading of democracy, but since it’s been extremely violent it puts the U.S in a difficult situation. On one hand its history in the making that these citizens have overthrown the government, but on the other people have died and even been assaulted while caught up in the riots. It’s hard to determine if this new government will be as successful as Egyptians will hope. “The military, the United States, its Arab allies and Israel are now pondering whether the Egyptian military, which has vowed to hold free elections, will give way to a new era of democratic dynamism or to a perilous lurch into instability or Islams rule.” People are nervous that the government will just go back to the ruling it had before this whole thing. It also seems like since this overthrow in government took place in Egypt, that it’s reaching other countries in the Middle East. I personally think that these riots are scary and cause so much violence, but I do support their cause I just think they could go about it more peacefully.
