Egyptian Crisis

Egypt's undergoing terrible upheaval as we watch.  While it's  up to the Egyptians and the Arab world to resolve this problem, the International community has a role to play.  Egypt's  significance in geo- political issues in the world today remains though its potential to sink to a failed state is obvious now.  The following links contain important information .

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/08/the-one-chart-that-shows-the-importance-of-egypts-massacre/278732/

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/08/16/week-in-the-news-cairo-frisk-merger

http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2013/08/15/president_obama_calls_egyptian_coup_the_military_s_intervention_several.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-vows-to-back-egypts-rulers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0