re: #5 CuriousLurker

Right, it’s extremely unpredictable and potentially dangerous. And we don’t have access to the information (and misinformation) that those living in the region have.

Outside of the Egyptian army, I don’t think any other groups are as organized as the Brotherhood. At the moment, in the other nations, there is no organized opposition, although a great many people are opposed to them.

The Brotherhood has no qualms about using violence to silence opposition, whereas the opposition would have great qualms about violence (since that’s the reason they oppose the Brotherhood). Add in the increasingly problematic issue of food and water, and you have a molten situation with no clear way to cool down. The attempts to blame Israel in order to bring unity will not bring water or food.

There is also the issue of the skill set needed to actually run a country. The Brotherhood really doesn’t have that skill set. They know how to run meetings, they know how to silence people who disagree with them. If that’s all you know how to do, then every country will end up like the Gaza Strip.

Actually, there is a way for it to cool down. The faster leaders, newspapers, the population, clarify the real issue—food, water, industry, then the Brotherhood will not be able to control meetings. If people begin asking the questions, where is the water, where is the food, the Brotherhood has to answer those questions.