The U.S. is facing a crucial dilemma on how it handles the situation in Egypt. The Obama administration slow response to the crisis, and conflicting messages emanating from the president's foreign policy team, have left many Egyptian's confused and disenchanted with the real intent the U.S. has with regard to the Mubarak regime.
The underlying problem for the U.S. is that too much attention is placed on elections, much like it was in Iraq and Afghanistan, and not enough attention placed on the real problems of these failed regimes. There is an apparent lack of focus on the problems faced by the demonstrators, who only want jobs, end to corruption, stable income, and the rule of law that serves the people-not a corrupt regime.
The U.S. consistently falls into a trap by believing we have to stand by Mubarak, or someone else like him, or Egypt will have the Muslim Brotherhood take over. Most Egyptian's don't adhere to the ideology of the Muslim brotherhood, but are forced to support them because of the brutal nature and repression of the Egyptian government.
The U.S. needs to start building a policy not only in Egypt, but throughout the Muslim world, where the U.S. strengthens political parties and government institutions that can deal with sectarian and tribal dynamics encountered in Middle Eastern countries.
Some may call this naive, but the U.S. current policy has failed, and the Obama administration's Middle East policy should be declared a disaster.
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