18 Days of Revolution in Egypt

Since January 25th of this year, the people of Egypt have been aggresively protesting the Mubarak administration which has been in power since 1981. The protesters mostly used non-violence and the Obama administration and the American government were on the side of the Egyptian protesters. On February 11th of this year, Mubarak, Egypt's 29 1/2 year president stepped down at 82 1/2 years of age. The Egyptian people are happier than they ever were. However, this is not the end of Egypt's societal troubles. The possibility of the Muslim Brotherhood dominating Egypt like the Nazi party needs to be addressed and the Egyptian people need to have organized democratic and fair elections free from election fraud and the chance for all candidates who meet resonable qualifications. Egypt must not also make aggressive violence and terrorism acceptable in order to avoid the mistakes of the French Revolution. The Egyptian people were angry with police brutality, election fraud, infringement on free speech, poverty, low wages, inflated food prices, etc. The average Egyptian is Islam and makes around only $2 a day. For Egyptians under 30, unemployment is very very high and most of them either work for $1 a day or are unemployed. Egypt must also be careful not to turn into the socialist direction and follow free market principles in order to boost the economy. Despite Billions of US aid to Egypt, Egypt is still a third-world country. The revolution is far from over. Egypt needs to follow the principles of the American Revolution and make February 11, 2011 as the July 4, 1776 in Egypt and not follow the same mistakes during the French Revolution.