Flash Points: Egypt elections "potentially worrisome"

In the latest edition of CBSNews.com's series "Flash Points," CBS News senior national security analyst Juan Zarate and national security correspondent Bob Orr discussed recent elections in Egypt.

"The two candidates who have come out of this represent the essence of the power struggle in post-Mubarak Egypt," Zarate said. "It was a fairly clean primary election."

The two candidates -- a veteran of ousted leader Hosni Mubarak's regime and a member of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood -- face a runoff election in mid-June.

"This is potentially worrisome because you have the potential of the Muslim Brotherhood controlling the presidency and questions as to what that means for Egypt and their peace treaty with Israel," Zarate said.

Zarate and Orr also discussed NATO's agreement on a timeline to end the war in Afghanistan, the threat of nuclear weapons in Iran and the war with al Qaeda in Yemen.

Watch the rest of "Flash Points" in the video above at left.

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...questions as to what that means for Egypt and their peace treaty with Israel," Zarate said.
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Either the "moderates" really are moderate & will honor the treaty, which will see them shunned by the more intolerant "fundamentalist" governments in the area (and make them targets of the "jihadist" branches of the radical movement), or Israel can kiss the treaty goodbye.