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2011-02-01 Africa North
U.S. open to a role for Islamists in new Egypt government
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Posted by Steve White 2011-02-01 09:25|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ]  Top

#1 Insanity. Pure insanity. Nothing good can come of this.
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2011-02-01 10:54||   2011-02-01 10:54|| Front Page Top

#2 let's see now... in the 2 years since 0bama has been in office we've lost Turkey, Lebanon, Tunisia and soon Egypt - all to Islamic radicals.

Now the world is a much scarier place.

I think we will be at war before 0bama's one term is up.

All modern wars are fought for two reasons:
1) access (or lack thereof) to shipping lanes
2) access (of lack thereof) to natural resources

Losing Egypt to radical powers qualifies on both counts.
Over 1 million barrels of oil pass through the Suez Canal daily.
Look for gasoline prices to " necessarily skyrocket"
Posted by Mikey Hunt 2011-02-01 11:34||   2011-02-01 11:34|| Front Page Top

#3 A mistake to invite the camel into the tent. You soon end up with many camels in the tent.
Posted by JohnQC 2011-02-01 11:39||   2011-02-01 11:39|| Front Page Top

#4 The Muslim Brotherhood is the group that got Ayman al Zawahiri started on the path of jihad. Why doesn't Obama just invite him to take over?
Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-02-01 13:00||   2011-02-01 13:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Here you can see why the term 'War on Terror' is not only a factually incorrect weasel word but also truly dangerous.

If the method 'terrorism' is the true enemy then the war can be won by giving in to islamofascistic demands. Once they're satisfied they won't engage in warfare anymore, 'terrorism' will have ceased, 'terrorism' will be defeated.

In the real world however this amounts to a surrender to the political enemy 'islamofascism,' a political movement whose goal is anything but non-violence.

Churchill's plan to win the 'War on Military Aviation' in 1940:

Britain gives in to all of Hitler's demands, without conditions. Hitler reins in the militants participating in 'Military Aviation' aka the Luftwaffe. 'Military Aviation' is defeated. Victory!

Unfortunately nearly the entire political class(*) seems to see this conflict through this prism. Hence the appeasement of islamofascists in Egypt and elsewhere.

(*) To my knowledge there's only one western politician who has repeatedly spoken out against the term WoT:
Rep Allen West.
/rant
Posted by Glavirong Wittlesbach2141 2011-02-01 13:22||   2011-02-01 13:22|| Front Page Top

#6 BHO sees no role for the Tea Party in the US government, but has no problem with the Muslim Brotherhood in the Egyptian government.
Posted by Matt 2011-02-01 14:29||   2011-02-01 14:29|| Front Page Top

#7 Whoa whoa whoa.

Mr. Gibbs, you say that no members of the US Government have been in contact whatsoever with the Muslim Brotherhood? No envoys to the OIC, no meeting in 2009, no meeting a couple months ago, none at all?
Posted by swksvolFF 2011-02-01 15:21||   2011-02-01 15:21|| Front Page Top

#8 swksvolFF, there is a rumour reported by World Net Daily that there was a meeting yesterday at the American embassy in Cairo with representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood to discuss the fall of the Egyptian government.
Posted by trailing wife 2011-02-01 16:40||   2011-02-01 16:40|| Front Page Top

#9 But Gibbsy just said no such thing! (thanks for the link). That line pegged my bs meter and I'm starting to smell something. Between the number of meetings with the MB, them being rather quiet on the whole thing, and El Baradei so willing and available so quickly. Perhaps this had been planned since/during the first infamous trip to Cairo but timetable accelerated to match the riots? Perhaps the best thing for Egyptians would be for Mubarak to stick around a couple months until proper and outside monitored elections - anyone trustworthy and neutral enough for that one? And no, not the UN and I don't think the US on this one.
Posted by swksvolFF 2011-02-01 18:11||   2011-02-01 18:11|| Front Page Top

#10 And especially not Jimmeh Carter.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2011-02-01 19:49||   2011-02-01 19:49|| Front Page Top

#11 Not so sure it helps Bar-a-day to be linked to the US.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-02-01 20:10||   2011-02-01 20:10|| Front Page Top

#12 But being in the pocket of the Iranians is just peachy.
Posted by Heriberto Shusonter9790 2011-02-01 21:12||   2011-02-01 21:12|| Front Page Top

#13 PEOPLES DAILY FORUM > WHY EGYPT UNREST THREATENS AL-QAEDA?

ARTIC = Despite supporting or having many Pro-Islamist sentiments, the new generation of real or potential Muslim Brotherhood Leaders are highly educated, tech-saavy, + AGZ VIOLENT JIHAD TO SETTLE LINGERING DISPUTES.ITS QUITE
POSSIBLE THAT ONCE IN POLITICAL POWER, THE SAME AS EGYPT-CENTRIC ISLAMISTS WILL DO THEIR UTMOST TO PRESERVE THE 1970's SADAT-BEGIN PEACE TREATY, ESPEC IN UTILZ EGYPT'S HISTORICAL ROLE/PSOITION AS A MAJOR ARAB-MUSLIM POWER TO DETER OR PREVENT THE REVOLUTIONARY INFLUENCE OF ISLAMIST IRAN???

and

* NEWS KERALA > EXPERTS: ISRAEL SHOULD NOT PANIC [fear] A HEZBOLLAH-RUN LEBANON, AT THIS TIME as the latter is curr preoccupied wid consolidating its power + other Internal Affairs.

IIUC, IOW DESPITE ITS "HARDLINE" PUBLIC RHETORIC HEZBOLLAH'S POSITION IN LEBANON IS NOT SECURE ENOUGH AT PRESENT TO CAUSE IT TO SEEK NEW MIL CONFRONTATION + WAR WID ISRAEL.

versus

* DER SPEIGEL > A"NEW [more]DANGEROUS PHASE OF INSTABILITY"[ME Region], as per US-West + Israel + Middle East Arab-Muslim democracy.

* NEWS KERALA > ISRAEL FEARS ISLAMIST/RADICALIST TAKEOVER IN EGYPT WIDOUT FAIR POLLS [national elections].
Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-02-01 21:37||   2011-02-01 21:37|| Front Page Top

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