Now means yesterday!

Though the Yemen president Ali Abdullah Salih announced two days ago, before the demonstrations began, that neither he nor his son will be in the 2013 elections but still this announcement did not satisfy the angry crowd to go out on the streets over 20 thousand people have started protesting in Yemen. Chaos is spreading more and more in the Middle East, the leaders in the area are craving in worry, Will we be next?!?

Let’s look back to Egypt, the clashes between the pro and anti Mubarak’s has killed at least 150 and injured 1500 Egyptians, but still the protestors are chanting out the government member’s names to resign. They are determined; they will not stop until Mubarak steps down. Today is the 10’Th day of demonstrations. The activists are surviving lack of communication but still achieved to bring over 1 million protestors together in Tahrir square.

They have been chanting and marching that ‘Now means Yesterday’ but  Mubarak stressed out to the ABC American news channel that he wants to step down but he is afraid that there will be a chaos after giving up mission.

Mubarak is expected to bury the hatchet and give what the millions want. But one thing experts say that the US should not do is stick its nose too far into Egypt's business. No matter how much the Obama administration wants Mubarak gone, it should not engineer an outcome. Hence Israel watches nervously as its most important strategic ally in the region descends in chaos.

Tuğçe Birgen

04.02.2011