As Egypt boils, the fallout could echo for U.S., Mideast
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``The longer the situation wends on, the more dangerous it becomes for American foreign policy,'' said J. Scott Carpenter, who was a State Department official dealing with Muslim democracy issues under former President George W. Bush.
The State Department Monday sent former ambassador Frank Wisner to Cairo to urge Mubarak's government to embrace political overhauls.
``At this point, we clearly recognize what happens in Egypt will have broad ramifications'' in the Middle East, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told McClatchy. But what those ramifications will be aren't clear, he said, because ``we don't know the end of the story.''
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I'm not a diplomat just a world armchair news watcher for life. I can see how the longer the government of Egypt stays unresolved the more likely for havoc there. I can also see how under some circumstances Egypt could become a Somalia. But I think it is more likely that something good could come from this. I am very impressed at Cairo citizens banding together as vigilantes and protecting their neighborhoods from looters. If something like this is done in an orderly fashion then maybe the people can actually form their own democracy. However, I think it is more likely that the Army will take over until there are democratic elections much like Pervez Musharraf who was a military leader in Pakistan. However, it remains to be seen which direction this will all go.
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