Posted on 06/03/2009 1:58:44 PM PDT by markedmannerf
A sign that the Obama administration is willing to publicly challenge Egypt's commitment to parliamentary democracy: various Middle Eastern news sources report that the administration insisted that at least 10 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, the country's chief opposition party, be allowed to attend his speech in Cairo on Thursday. The brotherhood is a Salafist/ Islamist party with branches in many countries, and it does not have a reputation for liberalism and has supported violent campaigns against Israel (and Egypt's own government). It has deep roots in the region and traces its intellectual lineage to Sayyid Qutb, a top American-educated Islamic intellectual who was executed -- or martyred -- by the Egyptian government in 1966. The Brotherhood has direct links with Sunni groups like Hamas in the Palestinian territories. Its standing in Egypt has suffered as of late because of a crackdown by the Egyptian government and a growing frustration that it is too conservative (anti-women's rights, the whole gamut) for a modern Middle East. Still, it's the largest Sunni opposition party in the world, and it's clear that the Obama administration wants to engage the Sunnis -- even the less moderate Sunnis -- in his "Mutual Respect" tour. Hoping to tamp down criticism that by speaking in Egypt, Obama is giving legitimacy to Hosni Mubarak's quasi-dictatorship, the administration also invited leading human rights activists to the speech.
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I will note on both threads that it was a grave error for the US to encourage the participation of the MB in the Egyptian electoral (cough) process. As it was Hamas. And Hizbollah. And no, I'm not beating up on GWB for this, his heart was in the right place, but his successor is building on this "policy" legacy. Fortunately Egypt will flip Obama the bird on this, as they did GWB/Condi.
This is called “heroic courage” in the lib encyclopedia.
>By calling the United States a Muslim nation in the context that he used, he signaled our willing submission.<
That is exactly what I thought, but I wasn’t able to put it into those words.
It’s very disturbing.
Will the rest of our so called leaders do anything about it before it’s too late? They’d better wake the he88 up, because if it goes too far, most of them, being non-muslim, will lose their cushy jobs.
I put it that way because the only thing they seem to be worried about is their jobs. America can go right down the crapper as long as that scum has their jobs, money and power.
I wonder how many of those DC dirtbags will convert to Islam in order to keep their jobs? Are they that corrupt?
I read all about this in the Looming Tower. He’s letting it all come out now huh? Doesn’t matter, most Americans don’t know who the Muslim Brotherhood is...Not to mention the entire MSM.
OBAMA CONTINUES TO KISS MUSLIM ASS.....PING!!!!!
Well if Arafat was assasinated by his own troops do you think they’d have any problems with taking out a U.S. President?
This man’s sutpidity knows NO bounds.
Duh, I meant Sadat, not Arafat.
Unspeakable.
"Paris is worth a Mass" said the formerly protestant King of Navarre when he ascended the French throne.
“Are they that corrupt?” was kind of a stupid question, I suppose.
can we start using the ‘I’ word now? As in impeachment????
The really awful thing is that I wasn’t the least surprised.
Very few regular folks in this country have any idea who this bunch is and there will be no questions from the state run media, many of whom will not know who they are or will bother with the research to find out.
You're a few steps ahead of me- I was surprised- or maybe I should say shocked. This is a hardcore radical group as you know. That someone in the adminstration would allow them, or specifically invite them gives us another firghtening peek at the judgment they are using to make other critical decisions.
I'm half afraid His act may be an act of judgement upon our nation for turning its back on Israel.
I realize Obama is "one of them", but I find it hard to buy that the other country would accept such a demand
Agreed.
Well hells bells. We have at this web site seen with our own eyes those pictures of zero and Sayyid Qutb sitting at a luncheon. Zero is one hell of a dangerous man. And the American idiots voted him in.
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