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To: rodguy911
Our strategic national interests require stability that can only be guaranteed by the military. An Egypt run by the MB hurts our long term interests.

It reminds of the situation in Iran during the 1978-79 period when the US advised the Shah not to use Savak to put down the Iranian revolution. Carter essentially eased the Shah out of Iran. America, the Iranian people, and the world would be far better off if the Shah had remained in power. Khomeini hijacked the Iranian Revolution and turned Iran into the world's biggest state sponsor of terrorism, which we are still dealing with and Iran is now on the verge of being a nuclear power.

The US made a mistake in Iran and now it is making a similar mistake in Egypt. The military understands its countrymen far better than we do. Any concession is deemed a weakness. The military knows that if they don't subdue or destroy the political influence of the MB, they will be destroyed by them. This is a life and death struggle for them. There is no middle ground. There has to be a winner and a loser. Cutting off aid is a hostile act as far as the military is concerned.

I recall vividly what Khomeini did to the opposition when he got in power. Every day there were pictures in the newspapers showing the corpses wrapped in plastic of former government officials and senior military officers who were sentenced to death and killed by the new regime.

The Egyptian military is still the most respected and least corrupt of the government institutions. We should let them work things out and withhold judgment while this struggle continues. No doubt, we are putting pressure on them to hold new elections as soon as possible and include the MB in the transition government. It would be a disaster because it would only be seen as a sign of weakness by the MB and their supporters. There was a reason why the MB was not able to engage in politics under Mubarak. The MB version of democracy is one man, one vote, one time.

64 posted on 08/18/2013 7:34:03 AM PDT by kabar
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To: kabar

Watching Lindsey Graham make a fool of himself talking on Egypt right now. He absolutely makes no sense at all.


65 posted on 08/18/2013 7:36:52 AM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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To: kabar
Exactly! Brilliant post kabar. Well stated.

I think its pretty clear at this junction that our regime-- ozero/jarrett etc. are hell bent on promoting the MB as their terrorists fomenting communist throughout the middle east and doing their dirty work as in Benghazi as needed.

Meanwhile, here, the regime turns the screws tighter and tighter every day.

It's gonna be interesting to see what they do since few moves are made by our regime here that don't have a political bent.

If it appears that zeros numbers will fall by embracing the MB they will try and use someone else to do the dirty work of helping them. Either way support for them will never die among our regime they have infiltrated us way to much for that to happen.

75 posted on 08/18/2013 7:58:37 AM PDT by rodguy911 (FreeRepublic:Land of the Free because of the Brave--Sarah Palin our secret weapon)
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