Could Egypt be the Next Iran?

That is an interesting question.

What started as anti-government protests are turning into anti-government riots on the streets of Cairo; protesting the 30 year rule of President Hosni Mubarak. Curfews have been declared yet are being ignored. The Egyptian government is responding by "turning off the Internet" as well as calling in the police and military to quell the riots. Some of the video being shown (WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE) is rather disturbing.

While Mubarak's government has been friendly to the United States and has recognized Israel, it is a repressive regime, stifling rights and not fulfilling all the needs of the Egyptian people, as per the high unemployment rate in the country.

Jumping into the fray and hijacking the call for freedom of the primary protesters is the Muslim Brotherhood, a group long banned in Egypt, which is sympathetic to Hamas, hostile to Israel and seeks to establish a Muslim caliphate governed by Shari'a law, in place of the secular regime in Egypt. If that were to happen, it would plunge the Middle East into a volatile instability and have dire consequences for Israeli-Egyptian relations, especially with Iran as a close ally of a Muslim Brotherhood controlled Egypt. Many in the world are already fearing this result, as indicated by spikes in crude oil.

Former US Ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, commented on the situation earlier today, spoke of the role of the military and if they don't hold up the government, the uncertainty and grave implications of the situation gripping Egypt.

In this very tenuous situation, if he is to stay in power, Mubarak does need to make reforms, provide his people with more freedoms and decipher ways to create jobs, but most importantly, Muslim Brotherhood cannot come to power in Egypt. It is not about Democracy for them, it is about power and enforcing their will on the region and the world. Governments around the world, including the current government in Egypt, must make sure that another Iran is not allowed to form, and if President Obama does not want to become the next Carter in terms of foreign policy, he would be wise to make this his mission.

With the situation, there is a great fear of the "unknown" because we truly don't know what the outcome in Egypt will be. "The 'Right' Solutions" sends its well wishes and prayers to the people of Egypt that their current situation can be resolved and that everyone works together to make sure Muslim Brotherhood does not come into power in that strategic and important state in the Middle East and the world!