THE NOTION THAT EGYPT IS THE NEXT IRAN...IS JUST NUTS...
THERE ARE MASSIVE DIFFERENCES...BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS...
FIRST...IRAN'S REVOLUTION WAS IN THE 1970'S...AND A LOT HAS HAPPEN SINCE THEN...
IRAN DID NOT HAVE THE TOURIST INDUSTRY THAT EGYPT HAS HAD FOR CENTURIES...
IRANIANS ARE PERSIANS...EGYPTIANS ARE ARABS...
EGYPT IS MORE IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE WORLD...THE ROMANS AND GREEKS RULED EGYPT FOR CENTURIES...
IRAN IS IN THE REMOTE EAST...REALLY MORE TIED TO AFGHANISTAN HISTORICALLY...
EGYPT IS NOT IRAN... BUT THAT IS NOT TO SAY THAT EGYPT WILL BE ANOTHER TURKEY...
GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM...AND THE PRIDE THAT EGYPTIANS HAVE IN THEIR ANCIENT TREASURES...I JUST DON'T SEE THEM ISOLATING THEMSELVES BEHIND A BARRIER OF SHARIA LAW...OR RADICAL ISLAM...THAT IS JUST NOT WHO MOST EGYPTIANS REALLY ARE...
THEY CAN PROVIDE A MODEL OF MODERN ISLAM THAT OTHERS CAN FOLLOW...
