The whole world has their eyes on Egypt right now; the turmoil in their country has been on the homepage of every online news outlet since protests started on Jan. 25.

The protests started because of an uprising in Tunisia and oddly enough, a page on Facebook. The protesters were demanding presidential term limits, a minimum wage raise, government reform and for police brutality to come to an end.

Their main objective was to end the 30 year reign of President Hosni Mubarak. Mubarak unexpectedly relinquished all his powers to the Egyptian military on February 11.

Why does this matter to the United States? Egypt is the world’s largest Arab nation and instability in their country could spark protests in other countries. The United States’ response to this upheaval in Egypt is important to what Obama is trying to accomplish in the Middle East. It could set back the process of establishing peace between Israel and Palestine. The United States needs Egypt as an ally in this peace process. We supported the Egyptian people in their fight for a better democracy, but at the same time we have to keep a relationship with Egypt’s government.

Obama has been under fire for not handling this crisis in the correct manner. A survey done on Twitter user’s opinions show that 79 percent believe the United States is doing “a poor job.”

According to The Huffington Post, Sarah Palin released a statement saying, “The United States must find out who is behind all the turmoil and that we should not stand for a government led by the Muslim Brotherhood.” She is calling for the Obama administration to release any information they have about Egypt’s next leader. People in Israel are also criticizing the United States’ response.

Critics in Israel have stated that they will think twice about relying on the United States in potential peace agreements with Palestine because of how we have handled the crisis in Egypt.

The United States has to carefully consider its options because the end of the reign of Mubarak will not fix all of Egypt’s problems. A longtime friend of Mubarak and a former Egyptian Cabinet member said, "If there are elections like the Americans want, I wouldn't be surprised if the Muslim Brotherhood didn't win a majority, it would win half of the seats in parliament. It will be a new Middle East, extremist radical Islam." We cannot allow Egypt to become another country on a long list of terrorism worries. Our country is in a bind and the whole world is looking at Obama to see how he handles this challenge.

We believe that in order for change in Egypt to occur, the citizens in Egypt have to be peaceful while changes are happening.

We feel absolutely passionate about the toll that this uprising has taken on journalists in their country. Military police were rapidly arresting journalists that were documenting the protests. The recent report of the sustained assault on CBS correspondent Lara Logan speaks volumes about the dangers the journalists faced. In her case, however, it was the police and a group of women who rescued her from her mob of attackers.

The media outlets that were not state-run were being attacked. Obama released a statement saying, "We continue to be crystal clear that we oppose violence as a response to this crisis," he said. "We are sending a strong, unequivocal message: Attacks on reporters are unacceptable. Attacks on human rights activists are unacceptable. Attacks on peaceful protesters are unacceptable."

We cannot stand for the unfair treatment of journalists as they try to capture both sides of the dispute. We agree with The Committee to Protect Journalists as they released a statement saying that Egypt is promoting censorship and blatantly oppressing journalism. The committee’s executive director, Joel Simon said, "This is a dark day for Egypt and a dark day for journalism. With this turn of events, Egypt is seeking to create an information vacuum that puts it in the company of the world's worst oppressors, countries such as Burma, Iran and Cuba."

The Committee to Protect Journalists has said that they have documented at least 101 attacks on journalists and news facilities in the past week. What will happen next in Egypt?

What role should the United States have in the resolution? It is not possible for Obama to make everyone happy, but we have faith that he will make the best decision for our country.