Op-Ed

The issue with the world today is everyone’s definition of peace is war. That is very contradicting if you think about it, because when you fight fire with fire all you create is a bigger fire. If you want peace why not fight fire with water; put out the flames and start over by growing a new tree. Our leaders today of each country seem to believe that fighting fire with fire is the key to achieving respect, but honestly it just makes them look like bullies to the countries they are invading. That is the big issue right now. Maybe the people running to lead our countries aren’t the right type of people for the job, which shows that our presidential elections are lacking very much. If our presidential election system has a problem, that creates protests and issues because the people living in the country don’t have the right to voice their opinion in who is running it.

            When I first heard of the issues going on in Egypt I really didn’t understand why all of a sudden the population wanted a new form of government. For the past generations they had been under a Dictator. For the three decades under his rule, the Egyptian society had been stripped of their most basic rights, including freedom, imprisoning tens of thousands of people. As I researched more on the country I realized as time went on the people weren’t getting the proper needs that a leader should be providing his country with. Nearly 30 percent were illiterate, about half of the population living on less than $2 per day, and Egypt was listed as one of the failed states. Anyone can tell that this country is falling apart. No country should be forced to live under those circumstances. Egypt saw the way the people of the U.S were being treated and that is what led them to wanting to be able to voice their opinion in their own country. If they are given a chance to voice their opinion more freely in the presidential election then hopefully they will choose a leader that will help them rise up to better standards than they are living in today. The dictatorship they were living in before forced them into poverty and repression. Egypt is losing about $300000 everyday due to the protests and gun fires which also cause the death of people in the population. This is why Egypt needs to form a democratic government.

A democracy would decrease the amount of protesting which leads to saving money for the economy, giving the people a chance to voice their opinion in the government and allowing them to choose the face they want to represent their country. When the people of Egypt have more of an opinion in the ways of the country it will allow the country to be more successful, sustainable and less on the downfall. If all other countries with this problem fix the issues in their presidential elections, then they will be able to choose their leadership and allow their economy to grow.