jenna: very interesting. judy, your thoughts on this? i think there are too many similarities for comfort. i do worry about egypt going in that direction even though, yes, there are many, many differences but the problem with a country like egypt which is used to central government is that temporary power grabs like the one that president morsi has tried to do now have a tendency to become permanent power grabs. emergency laws went into effect in egypt right after saddat was assassinated. they were in effect until the day that hosni mubarak was overthrown more than 30 years later. so that s what we want to prevent in egypt. we don t want egypt to go the way of iran. jenna: we would love to have you both back because the next question of course is, what do we do? what do we do to not repeat history and if there is rule for us there? great discussion. thank you so much for your time today. thank you. thank you. jon: any moment now president obama is set to kick off a campaign-style
they are united in purpose but only for the time being. the military is not an independent respective solution. beholden to president saddat and willing to carry out orders to please him the destination of syria s struggle may be unknown, but the journey could be bloody one. gre lly, fox news. bret: we have a special tonight, egypt on the brink. beginning at 9:00 eastern time. but check out the home page on foxnews.com/specialreport and read the report from greg palkot and his cameraman. their frightening experience in cairo being beat therein in the square. greg and olaf are okay now. they are out of the country. the panel is next.
the military is not an independent respective solution. beholden to president saddat and willing to carry out orders to please him the destination of syria s struggle may be unknown, but the journey could be bloody one. gre lly, fox news. bret: we have a special tonight, egypt on the brink. beginning at 9:00 eastern time. but check out the home page on foxnews.com/specialreport and read the report from greg palkot and his cameraman. their frightening experience in cairo being beat therein in the square. greg and olaf are okay now. they are out of the country. the panel is next.
stay in the streets and try to face down the government, the greater chance they have getting mubarak to leave office and getting the kind of free elections they want. given the amount of money the united states gives to the military and relationship which has been close between the u.s. and egyptian military, what are the opportunities for us to influence this? i don t think there is a direct opportunity. you can advise and you can put pressure on them. obviously, what the united states has to say influences people to an extent. i don t think they can issue orders. it s a proud military. they carried out the 1952 revolution. they feel like they are the guardians of the state and they are going to carry it out in a way they see fit. there can be pressure from the united states. i think the pressure from the public and trying to calm down that country is their first priority. there is any doubt in your mind that a major change is about to come, we just don t know what it is? rig