The news from Egypt is VERY ominous!

[AztecWilliam]

If you can read this and not think that the West is in for some very bad times, you must be one heck of an optimist.

And - - - surprise, surprise! - - - I am not going to blame Obama for all this. I do think he is almost uniquely incapable of understanding how precarious our position is in this critical part of the world. Furthermore, his pre-conceived notions, which I think are slightly anti-American (how else do you explain his bad-mouthing his own country abroad?), prevent him from seeing things clearly. Still, Obama is not causing these events to occur; the forces driving them have been working for centuries.

If the scenario De Borchgrave is painting goes all the way, what things would ensue? How about a radicalized Egypt starting a war against Israel, or perhaps Israel attacking first as they see an Egyptian invasion is imminent. Well, those who remember the other wars over there might have a clue as to what that would do to the economies of the West.

Here's an even more ghastly possibility. What if, this time, the forces against Israel are actually up to taking on the IDF? Do you not think that at some point the Israelis are going to decide that their only chance to survive is to go nuclear? Just what would our economy look like with the utter chaos and destruction that move would cause?

Further worry, touched upon only lightly here: Turkey. Long an ally, Turkey seems poised to go radical Muslim. Imagine that nation joining the other radicalized Muslim countries? I shudder to think.

Anyway, read this and then tell me why I'm just silly to worry about so much.

www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/11/the-coming-geopolitical-upheaval/?page=1

AzWm

[AlwaysAnAztec]

Both Egypt and Turkey are concerns. However, the army in both countries are the ones who are really in control and they are definitely NOT going to allow what you are suggesting.

[AztecWilliam]

Apr 13, 2011 4:27:03 GMT -8 AlwaysAnAztec said:

Both Egypt and Turkey are concerns. However, the army in both countries are the ones who are really in control and they are definitely NOT going to allow what you are suggesting.

We can hope! Actually, the news from Egypt is that the army is starting to cut deals with the Muslim Brotherhood types.

My own fear is that a large majority of the Arab states are going to regress politically and culturally do to the growing influence of those who think the 10Th Century should serve as a model for their societies. If ever we (meaning those countries without a lot of oil) could even decrease our need for petroleum significantly, those Arab states would sink into chaos. And when I say decrease our need for oil, I do not mean pie-in-the-sky plans to run our cars on solar and wind power. I think even a 10%-15% reduction in our consumption, which admittedly is a lot, would lower the price of petroleum greatly. Good for us, bad for the Mullahs and all our other enemies who now have us where they want us. To do that we need to exploit all our resources, which is the opposite of what the current administrtion is doing.

We might do that, especially if we had a President who did not think that the way to reduce our dependence on petroleum is to half destroy the economy.

(How do you like Obama going to Brazil and praising their off-shore drilling program while at home he stiffs the Gulf states' economy by hindering oil exploration and drilling?)

AzWm