I haven’t posted new articles in my blog whole week because I was watching riot in Egypt and could not get a clear picture. It made me frustrated until this article was finished.
In my opinion protesting Egypt involved with three factors. 1) People particular youth have no jobs but facing 17% inflation. 2) They believe that the bag economic situation was due to government’s dictatorship. 3) Some dangers powers tried to irritate people and take powers from the government.
My comments for factor one:
I have mentioned the consequences of jobless in some of my articles previously warning that unemployed youths might create instability for the society. Egypt’s unemployment rate is about 9%. However, unemployed rate for youths was above 70%. Youths took loan and struggled for many years. When they finishing school they find out that there are no jobs in the market for them at all. Having energy and angers things they tend to do is riot. This situation actually will happen in all over the world. It will become seriously because we will have more youths looking for jobs. If we ignore them we will get trouble. That is why I suggesting share jobs and arrange older people retire.
In today’s world people we have to feed are seven million instead of four million in 1975. Within thirty five years populations in our global have increased 75% yet we still expect our system automatically create jobs in the market. Miracle could not happen even in the United States how can we expect Egypt government solve the unemployment problem. That is why I suggesting governments in this world set up programs to help people to get food, shelters and entertainment. Things we can do the most is developing agriculture. Having no jobs for their people is not Egypt government’s fault yet. However if it doesn’t find some practical ways to solve the problem it will be government’s fault soon.
My comments for factor two:
We have no doubt that Hosni Mubarak imposed dictatorship in the last thirty years. He meanwhile is important western power in the Middle East. That means he gave his people freedoms in some way. He has to be a dictator because Egypt facing challenge from conserve Muslins people. The conflicts between these two powers relate to the country’s future: going forward or backward.
Why people didn’t force him to resign all these years because people have no jobs today. Egypt has over eighty million people and people who join the protesting recently might be less than 15%. Protesting in Egypt once turned to be riots that stopped functions in country. Supermarkets were robbed. Museum was destroyed. Schools and government offices were closed. Women were being raped. In streets. More than one million tourists left Egypt within ten days. All together Egypt lost 31 billion dollars in ten days and its economic went backward for 50 years.
It is said more and more Egyptians feel angry about the protesting and agree Museum resign on September. They realized that they could not put democracy on tables and consider that is bread. Before the protesting inflation in Egypt was 17%. After the protesting inflation of food jump up to 80% and most of the food were sold out in the stores. Protesting last longer the damage will be bigger. So it is too early to say that protesting people represent Egyptians’ willing. However, for imposing democracy, Obama government and some human right organizations push Mubarak step down as soon as possible. They didn’t realize that some dangers things could happen.
My opinion to factor three:
At the ninth days of the protesting, power that control the protesting still refuse to show up and negotiate with government. In spite of economic losing 3 billion dollars in ten days they swear that the strike will continue till Mubarak resign. If they don’t show up that means they are plotters. Some conservative Muslin power might want to overthrow a government that is friendly to Western world. For supporting a government like that in Afghan U.S has spent huge funds. How can we push Mubarak step down without knowing powers behind the protesting people? That might mean we allow extreme Muslin power overthrow a government without making a gunshot. That also means they can do the same thing in Sandi Arabia, Yemen and Jordan.
I don’t like Israel’s expansion policy in the Middle East and I don’t like Muslin’s extreme doctrine as well. I can’t imagine that the whole Middle East move backward such as force women cover their faces. I cannot imagine that women’s right of accepting education and enjoying sax are being deprived. Giving democracy right to the protesting people in Egypt might means giving up freedom for women in the Middle East. I don’t understand Obama’s stander
After above opinions were composed more news about Egypt came. In the tenth days some opposite powers started to negotiation with government. Muslin Brotherhood asked for granting press freedom, rolling back police powers, not to harass protestors, taking care complaints about political prisoners. Their demanding was accepted by the government. They meanwhile declared that they will care about the benefit of their country, they will not rescind Egypt’s 1979 peace treaty with Israel and they will not force woman cover in public. It seems that they are not the extreme religion powers.
Unfortunately young men and women who launched the protest in the very beginning refused to negotiate with the government that represents by Mubarak. Behind them was a Noble prize receiver Mohamed ELBaradei. They blame on Mubarak for the country’s repression, corruption and wide spread poverty. Their protesting has created three billion dollars lost in ten days and I don’t think a poor country like Egypt can sustain that kind of pressure. Lacking concerns to the benefit of their country means that they are not good leaders. Nowsady launch protection is much more easier than creating jobs.
Egypt troop handled things appropriately in the protesting. If they had forced protestors to leave, we would see blood in the square. This is a criticle moment and I am surprised that a person who once received Noble peace prize refused to talk for peace.