Hosni Has Left The Building

The now former president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, has finally resigned after mounting domestic and international pressure to leave office.
And this will more than likely not end well for the Egyptian people. Israel. Or the United States.
How is this for irony.
Mr. Mubarak left office 32 years to the day that the Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, left the Peacock Throne in Tehran. And yes, the scenario is eerily similar. Mr. Mubarak gave his critics one last middle finger leaving on such a tragic day in history.
I know that conservatives are split on what all this means.
There is the Rich Lowry, Bill Kristol school that says we should embrace this movement because it will lead to something like a democracy in Egypt. Then there is the Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity school that says this could lead to the Muslim Brotherhood seizing power in the Cradle of Civilization. And turning the land into another Iran. Or what Afghanistan was under the Taliban.
Sorry folks, but the latter is more probable than the former.
Despite the ignorant, wishful thinking of the Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, that the Muslim Brotherhood is a "largely secular organization", it is not in the least secular.
Helloooo! The name is the M U S L I M Brotherhood. Not the Jewish Brotherhood. Certainly not the Christian Brotherhood. Nor the Hindu Brotherhood. And not the Buddha Brotherhood. Yeah, it is a very religious Islamic group that has sought at the very least a return to the Ottoman Empire and an Islamic Caliphate.
Oh, and how is this for irony.
It was a splinter of this very group that plotted and carried out the assassination of President Anwar Sadat in 1981. And that is how Mr. Mubarak became president. He came to power at the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood and leaves as they drive to create a new Islamic state in Egypt.
And make no mistake.
Because there is no discernible leader of the protests that brought down Mr. Mubarak, there is a power vacuum. And the opportunity for the MB to fill that vacuum. Unless the military that is now in control lays down the law, within six months the IB will more than likely be in power.
Now let me go back to this Clapper fellow.
As the head of the DNI, how did he miss the recent overthrow of the Tunisia government? That this would not spread beyond Tunisia? Well, if he seriously believes that the MB is something like the YMCA, then he has to go. Actually, the man has shown his rank incompetence before. Does anyone remember the London terror arrests of last year? While being interviewed by ABC news gal Dianne Sawyer, he was asked about the arrests, Mr. Clapper was asked about it. After a long pause, his subordinate, Counterterrorism Advisor John Brennan, answered for him. Later in the interview, Mrs. Sawyer asked him if he even knew of the terror arrests and Mr. Clapper said, "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't."
Smart power folks. Smart power.
It is a real comfort to have the Three Stooges of the Anti-terror apocalypse, Messrs. Clapper and Brennan and Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano in charge of keeping us safe.
NOT!
With all of this, it should be a wake up call to the Dear Leader, President Obama, and his administration that this is a big deal. What happens in Egypt could very well be a domino effect that will take down other nations in the region. It will no doubt affect the balance of power in regards to Israel and stability.
Yes, Hosni has left the building. Lets hope that the building does not collapse behind him.