Egypt Thoughts

Thinking over the last week's events I think it will be interesting to see how things will continue on within the middle eastern world. With Mubarak being ousted, and possibly others leaving as well, the question we must ask ourselves is one of what will be replacing this system? While I would agree that seeing the statistics in the BBC article posted below, we can see that Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, and the other countries that are reported as having similar situations possibly coming within the next few days, all have problems that need redress, namely poverty, unemployment, etc. Now what replaces these systems is the great concern of all political theorists.
Often though I think we(the U.S.) tend to think we have the best system for everyone and that everyone should just adopt our system and everything would just work out. There are several flaws with this system of thought, while I do support the idea that the U.S. constitution is a divinely inspired document, and that it was the best system of government for our nations. I believe Great Britain's system is the best for them. There are some times in world history I believe that a monarchy was the best system for that nation.
I do not believe that we will see an extremist group take power. From some of the reporting I have read, many of the anti-government protesters in Tahrir Square are members of the middle class, educators, and businessmen, not an uneducated mob. They have been sophisticated protesters who had organized using Facebook and Twitter, who are not going to sit by while another dictator gains power. Egypt is not Iran, and I also do not believe that an Islamic state will take power.
So as time goes on I applaud the efforts of President Obama, for making up for a mistake he made over a year ago, when he sat by as a people pleading for change went on completely ignored in Iran. As Egypt is our ally it is much easier for the U.S. to step in. Even ousting an old friend of our nation, who has helped our efforts in the Middle East. But it was the right thing to do, to gain favor with whomever gains power.
My final thoughts are this, that I hope that those countries who have unrest will come to a peaceful, and democratic solution, and that whatever solution they come to, will be the best for that country.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12204971
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/03/AR2011020305184_2.html