The country of
Egypt
is on fire. Due to CIA meddling under (possibly) the Bush Administration and
under the Obama Administration, the country's leader was overthrown in a
somewhat peaceful transition to a democratic government. However, that was not
to last as the Muslim Brotherhood, the political and religious part was put
into office. As it turned out however, the Muslim Brotherhood shed their
moderate positions and became fully radical as they had finally obtained power.
What people did not know, or just did not want to see was that the Brotherhood
is political/religious parent of Al Quada. They want Sharia law and other
aspects of radical Muslim theology implemented into government. This resulted
in the military forcing them out of power and the cause of the current violence
in the streets. So how can the
United
States correct its mistake? How can our
government answer for causing this death and destruction?
We failed: Our American government thought we could export
democracy, but instead we exported chaos, and hatred for my country grew. We
have to learn that we cannot force our ideas on people. People may want to help
with all there might to save everyone, but the truth is even a group can be
powerless even if that group is one of the strongest nations on Earth.
Iraq,
Yemen,
Afghanistan,
Libya,
Turkey, and many of the other Arab
spring countries are dismal failures of our decisions to meddle in others
affairs. It can also be said that we are obsessed with these primarily Muslim countries
due to their oil. But, is it worth the blood shed of the innocent men and women
in those countries? Is it worth the sacrifice of our soldiers and their
families? For me, it is time to divorce ourselves from that region save for
maybe our only ally
Israel
who is standing at the brink of annihilation by its neighbors.
Can we do anything?: There are two things we can do. The
first is to evacuate families of people like the Coptic Christians who face
oppression and violence in
Egypt
for both their beliefs and their siding with the military in the Muslims
Brotherhoods removal from power. Coptic Christians saw the writing on the wall
that they would become victims of Sharia law and be forced into oblivion and
they are paying the price for choosing freedom as their churches are burned and
their brothers and sisters murdered in the streets. Get them out. Help them by
getting them asylum in the
United
States. We as a nation will welcome such
hard working people who have been primarily impoverished all their lives to our
nation. We want people like that as they are the kind of people who will take
what little is given and make something out of it with a greater value.
Likewise there are other people of different faiths and even some members of
the Muslim population who also need to escape. Thus I call on the State
department to focus on helping these people who need our help the most.
Our second of the two options is to cut off aid. It is imperative that we
stop giving money to the Egyptian government and the rebel groups in the area.
Yes people will die without that aid, but more people will die with that aid
going there. In truth that money does not only help feed people, but it is used
to get guns and ammo to continue
Egypt's death spiral. It is time to
stop perpetuating the violence.
Conclusion: We caused this horror as citizens to by
electing Presidents who thought it was their duty to change the world. But it
was not their duty to cause war and mayhem. If you truly want to help people
around the world, then don't through money at their feet. Do not manipulate
their governments and cause revolutions. Just be a beacon of hope by being an
example of how a government should act towards its people. Let people have
freedom in our own country to people in others will see what we have and want
that too. And when they want it, they will enact change under their own power,
and all we have to do is welcome them with open arms. So let us get out of this
tragic political game of power.
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