It seems that the chaos that has infected Egypt has now come to a new stage of revolution with the most recent development in the political revolution in Egypt. President Hosni Mubarak has stated recently that he would remain as the President of Egypt, much to the surprise of the people of Egypt and the onlookers of the events of the country. Over the past couple of days, violence in Egypt has been on the rise, with the death toll at the 300’s by 2/1/11. The rise of violence can be seen as the natural course of things for a revolution of such as this, but with the recent development I see a new chapter of the revolution arising. With Mubarak’s declaration, I foresee not only further violent protest to continue, but to explode and possibly even lead to a breakout of civil warfare. The army has already stated in response to Mubarak’s declaration that they would fight for the good of the country, which at this moment seems to be on the side of the people. I predict that if Mubarak was to continue this course of action and attempt to retain his power, the current course of revolution will lead to civil warfare and will ultimately destroy the government of Egypt, and the city of Cairo itself.
