Mubarak Steps Down

A lot of people in Egypt are very happy today. A lot of people in Washington are too. Other than true blue liberals, I don't think anyone wants a dictator in power longer than he has to be. Regional stability, the ongoing peace agreement with Israel (which you just know steams the hell out of some Democrats and most media members-mostly media) and a general ally-type relationship with the U.S. is probably going to be better than the next government. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, after all.

But what does come next is obviously a point of contention for Washington and the Middle East. Will they elect another Mubarak-type, friendly to the U.S. for 30 years and who continued to honor Anwar Sadat's peace accord with Egypt, or a much, much more religious fanatical-type government; such as the Muslim Brotherhood? The religious zealots that ushered in a totalitarian Muslim rule in Iran hasn't seemed to fair well for the U.S. by any stretch. But you have to support a duly democratically-elected government don't you? The problem with that is you may end up with the devil you don't know as opposed the devil you know. Look at Lebanon for instance. Yeah, they got out from underneath the thumb of Syria, but then they got Hamas as a ruling body. All with the mostly false promise of giving the Lebanese people what they needed, such as jobs, electricity, hope and promise.

Now what you do?