1) What steps do you think that the U.S. government should take in dealing with the Egyptian crisis? Do you believe that we should act more, less, or stay out of the situation?

I think it strictly depends on the situation. Since we have this war on terror, we need to assure that this coup does not turn into one like Iran, in which radical Islamic extremists take over the government and we lose an ally in the process. This would greatly threaten Israel, a long-time ally of the United States. We need to assure that we maintain someone that will not build weapons of mass destruction and threaten Israel and the United States.

2) Egypt has been an ally of the U.S. for decades. How do you think the crisis will shape the future relationship with Egypt?

As I said earlier, it depends on whether or not radical Islamic extremists take over the government. I really and truly hope that they have fair elections, unlike Iran, and elect stable leaders that will cooperate with the United States and Israel.

3) The media and social media have played an unimaginable part in the crisis. The government had the Internet and phone lines shut down. What significance does the media play and how has social media affected the protest?

This greatly shows a tyrannical government that disallows personal liberty. However, many still found ways to communicate, and this spread the word of the protest like wildfire. In doing this, a larger organization of protesters was summoned for this protest. I believe that this greatly impacted the number of people that showed up to protest and played a major role in assembling their masses.

4) For the first time in many of our lifetimes a government was overthrown, not by force, not by fighting, but by peaceful protest by the people of a country. What does this say about democracy across the world and how will it affect the United States?

I believe it says that the War in Iraq was a success. We fought not only for weapons of mass destruction (which we found, just not in “stockpiles”), but for freedom and democracy for Iraq, which their people praised us for. I truly think that democracy in the Middle East will be healthy for the United States, so long as radical Islamic extremists do not hijack the elections in these countries. Fair elections will be the key to democratic success in the Middle East.