Crisis in Egypt

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/02/06/egypt.protests/index.html?hpt=T1

A major crisis has broken out in Egypt. The people of Egypt have been protesting to let the government know that they do not want Mubarak back as their president. This has brought so much violence to the country over the span of 13 days. But as this violence has broken out the military has come in to stop the protests, which has led the people to protect one another, because they do not trust their government. One thing that stood out to me was that the Muslims during the protest encircled some Christians in order to protect them. This makes me realize that these people were initially not seeking violence; they just want Mubarak out of office. They are trying to band together and protect each other from the government and from Mubarak being reelected. The protesters have put their differences aside from one another and are fighting for a common issue. On the other hand a majority of the violence that has broken out has been between the military v. protesters and the protesters v. the people who support Mubarak's reelection. Things seem to get a little better when word broke out that Mubarak decided that he would not be running again for presidency. It's sad though that all this violence has broken out and caused so much destruction. Much of the violence is a result of the people feeling that their government and president neither respects nor represents them. And hopefully in the days to come the violence will begin to subside and order and peace will be brought into the country.