Opinion Editorial

I believe there are a number of elements preventing peace in the world. Peace cannot be achieved just by sitting around and saying we want peace. Peace needs to be earned and earning it won’t be easy. One element preventing peace is dictators. Dictators basically hold up the country hostage. They rule with an iron fist, getting rid of anyone standing in their way. They just care about their wealth and rule that peace con not be achieved in the country. Many people believed in dictators that with them peace can be achieved, but only in the beginning of a dictatorship, peace is around for a little.
Imagine being a 25 year old growing up in Egypt. You only know one ruler, or as other people would say, a dictator. Hosni Mubarak has been in charge of Egypt for 30 years and has ruled with an iron fist stopping anyone in his way. Until recently, no one has done anything to stop his reign since many Egyptians considered him a hero. A revolution occurred in Egypt in January of 2011 with the idea of trying to get the country to become a democracy. The young people of the country grew tired of only growing up with one ruler. The revolution at first was peaceful with people in the street protesting and playing soccer matches. They threw flowers at the feet of the army and danced and had fun while protesting. However, pro-Mubarak Egyptians didn’t sit well with the idea of protesting and began fighting with the protesters. The protesters didn’t know how to protest during the fighting so they decided to go online to get tips from the people of Tunisia who have early had a revolution. I believe that the Egyptians did the right thing in getting tips since there has never been a revolution in the country’s history. The dictator Mubarak didn’t know how to stop the revolution so he decided to kill anyone who was protesting against him resulting in many deaths.
The revolution could have gone more peaceful in my opinion if Mubarak would have let it go on peacefully. The revolution unfortunately hurt many businesses as they had to shut down and ended up losing millions of dollars in tourism. The companies had to shut down as the workers were on strike to earn better wages. The revolution ended with Hosni Mubarak stepping down and the army taking control until the next election. The country in my opinion is on the right track to becoming more democratic and better economically. Egypt has a bright future that it can look forward to. The revolution was a success.