Be Careful What You Wish For!

SEE HERE Frankly there are very few good results that come out of the Middle East. This Egypt thing is a mess. The most likely outcomes look bad for Israel and the United States. Almost any result will shake the equilibrium of the area. If the status quo remain temporarily it will only be as an explosive tinderbox and if it shifts to some choice of the mob it will likely end up with Islamic radicals involved and that can hardly go to any place good. So it looks like a lose/lose for the West and really no-one very obvious can win. Don't kid yourself about freedom or power to the people or something like that. That option is very likely not on the table except ephemerally. It makes it hard to know what foreign policy the U.S. can follow that makes any real sense. This choice of outcome in the reference might be as good as any, but even that just gives us breathing room.