If Egypt was 90% or whatever Catholic, no one would really worry
An immediate step down by Marcos was an acknowledgment that Aquino (sp?) had won the election - and a tyrant gave way to a democratically elected government.
An immediate step down of Mubarak would be an acknowledgment that the Jihadists had won through demonstrations and the Wests aversion to violence against mobs in the street - and a secular tyrant will give way to a Islamic tyrant.
Hardly analogous. The Philippines still is, and will remain, a US ally. Egypt is a beneficiary of our aid and sometimes a cooperative partner. The MB Egypt will be a belligerent exporter of jihad and anti-Americanism.
The two situations are entirely different though. The writer implies that Obama should exactly as Reagan had done, but Egypt is several orders of magnitude more crucial to our immediate interests than were the Phillipines, and there was no reason to believe that an enemy sworn to our destruction waiting to sieze power as soon as Marcos bailed wheras in Egypt we have the MB.
Interesting how the Obamists suddenly want Reagan’s mantle.
I agree. Suggesting the two situations the same primarily ignores the fact that there is no legitimate opposition leader in the wings and secondarily is but an attempt to diminish regional national security interests and throw any concern for stability and the plight of Israel under the bus.
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