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Crucial Mid-East Questions

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1 President Hosni Mubarak is a goner. The only question is does he leave on a private jet to enjoy the American aid money he undoubtedly squirreled away overseas for his private use or does he try to hang on and thus leave in a body bag2 Who and what comes next Do the radicals i.e. the Muslim Brotherhood use this opportunity to seize power in the next national elections And, if they do gain power, do they then cancelrig future elections so as to keep power3 Will Jimmy Carter and other likeminded types come into Egypt to certify that the next national elections are honest4 Does the postMubarak Egyptian government honor the 30year old Camp David Accords and thus continue to collect billions in aid from DC5 Does this antigovernment fervor spread to Jordan To Saudi Arabia To Syria To Yemen And what of the ongoing revolt in Tunisia6 What does this portend for Israel Are they militarily prepared to once again be surrounded by hostile Arab neighbors with the militant Tehran regime fueling the fires of antiIsrael sentiment7 In DC, does the Obama Administration have a handle of the Arab and Muslim world possibly crumbling in front of our eyes Does Obama have a clearcut American strategy Does anyone believe that Obama and Hillary really know what they are doing in foreign policy8 Can this antiestablishment fervor in the Arab world possibly topple the nucleararmed government of Pakistan Or is this a countrybycountry phenomenon9 What does this ongoing ferment do to the terrorist element inside Islam Does it embolden them Does it unleash more acts of terror10 Or is this primarily a middle class revolt over horrid economic conditions and poverty for so many Arab youth11 What can new Egyptian leaders do to alleviate the rotten economic conditions in the worlds biggest Arab nation Yes, they can eliminate official corruption which is tolerated when the economy works reasonably well but is blamed when the economy falters. But what to do to get millions of Egyptians back to work What a task facing the next government!12 A year from now what will the Arab world look like More or less peaceful Are we about to see a more secular, economicsdriven Arab ruling mentality Or are we going to see them retreat from modernity into Islamic fundamentalism, which doesnt pay the bills but surely causes a lot of trouble