Once nice side effect of the change of government in Egypt is that it is very bad news for the terrorist group Hamas. Hamas, you see, is an offshoot of the Moslem Brotherhood, the political group from which deposed Egyptian president Morsi came. For the last year, Egypt has trod lightly with regard to keeping terrorists from Hamas out of its territory. The result has been an influx of terrorists into the Sinai peninsula, a few attacks from that area into Israel, the killings of a number of tourists, the resulting destruction of the formerly-booming tourism industry in Sinai, and the easier importation of weapons into Gaza. All this came to an end when Hamas related forces attack Egyptian police in Sinai and killed 16 of them. At that point, the Egyptian police began going after the terrorists and they closed off Gaza entry points despite the lack of orders to do so from the Morsi government.
Proof that the Morsi fall was bad news for Hamas came with the statement from the Palestinian president Abbas congratulating the new Egyptian president on being sworn in. Abbas and his PLO are the mortal enemies of Hamas.
It will be interesting to see what happens next in Egypt. If the military is able to keep order, there could be a quick return to economic growth and a return of stability. On the other hand, if the Moslem Brotherhood decides that it is time for a jihad to return an Islamist government to Cairo, we may be witnessing the beginning of the breakdown of Egyptian society. The collapse of the Egyptian state would be a calamity for peace in the region. Adding a civil war in Egypt to the battles in Syria would bring death and destruction in the region to a terrible level. Egypt could quickly pass the 100,000 dead in Syria if fighting is widespread.
What is needed today is a policy from America that works to head off any civil unrest. Of course, so far the policy of president Obama has been to call for the return of civilian rule (which seems to be another way of calling for the return of Morsi.) To say the least, this is crazy talk. Obama is actually fomenting civil war in Egypt with his idiotic pronouncements. Any sane person can see that (which, I suppose is why the advisors around the president don't get it.)
Let's hope that they wake up soon.
Proof that the Morsi fall was bad news for Hamas came with the statement from the Palestinian president Abbas congratulating the new Egyptian president on being sworn in. Abbas and his PLO are the mortal enemies of Hamas.
It will be interesting to see what happens next in Egypt. If the military is able to keep order, there could be a quick return to economic growth and a return of stability. On the other hand, if the Moslem Brotherhood decides that it is time for a jihad to return an Islamist government to Cairo, we may be witnessing the beginning of the breakdown of Egyptian society. The collapse of the Egyptian state would be a calamity for peace in the region. Adding a civil war in Egypt to the battles in Syria would bring death and destruction in the region to a terrible level. Egypt could quickly pass the 100,000 dead in Syria if fighting is widespread.
What is needed today is a policy from America that works to head off any civil unrest. Of course, so far the policy of president Obama has been to call for the return of civilian rule (which seems to be another way of calling for the return of Morsi.) To say the least, this is crazy talk. Obama is actually fomenting civil war in Egypt with his idiotic pronouncements. Any sane person can see that (which, I suppose is why the advisors around the president don't get it.)
Let's hope that they wake up soon.
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