Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Egypt Nears Civil War

Jihadis assassinated a high-ranking member of the Egyptian military, see the Reuters story at Yahoo News. This most populous of Arab countries is sidling toward a civil war in which quarter will be neither expected nor given.

Egypt cannot raise enough food for its people, and has only the Suez Canal and tourism as sources of foreign exchange. Violence dries up tourism. The situation in Egypt can become a real horror show ... ethnic cleansing and starvation, hand in hand.