mediachecker-> When we follow the dialectical paradigm of two parties in the US we miss a lot. We’re inclined to take one side over the other, finding negatives on each in order to whack the other. Yet if one took a moment and researched a little history one would find there’s very little differene between them. Take the Soros funded, International Crisis Group (ICG), they employ a proactive interventionist method – this time their target is Egypt. Can we hold them accountable for the mess they’ve created or do we blame the State Department or Congress? BTW, who died and gave our foreign policy to a group of international interventionist elitists? These people state on their site that they’re nonoprofits who aren’t attached to any government in the world - again one has to ask who holds them accountable? And considering ElBaradei was member until 2011, why isn’t the media asking him some pertinent questions, for example, did this international elitist group influence his decision to be the frontman for not only the MB but all the groups/unions, groups/unions which were funded by NGOs, such as, Freedom House, NED…which in turn were funded by American workers tax-dollars? Someone has to get to the bottom of this coniving skullduggery, what are they really after, and make it public as I’d like to know what my tax-dollars are funding. Soros, a member and funder(along with a lot of corporations and european countries) of ICG says he’s all for transparency (especially government) so where’s his transparency when it comes to himself? Talks cheap. Hey George, tell us what you’re really up to and please don’t tell us it’s on behalf of your Social Justice – Fair Elections, the Poor, blah, blah, blah…
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HIllary Clinton (Tom Pickering) and the International Crisis Group (ICG) which appears to be our foreign policy cabinet!
US Seretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton attends the In Pursuit of Peace Award Dinner by the Crisis Group at Pier Sixty at Chelsea Piers on December 16, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images) “Hillary Clinton: I want to thank Louise for her leadership and everyone on the board; the chairman, an old friend, Tom Pickering; Wolf Blitzer, thank you for giving of your time; and all the generous supporters here tonight. Because for more than 15 years, you have helped policy-makers see the world more clearly and respond to conflict more effectively.” mediachecker:->Hillary’s “old friend” Tom Pickering headed up the investigation on Benghazi-gate. One could forecast that he’d find no wrongdoing and that’s what happened. One can also gleen from her words that these internationalists are affecting our foreign policy (whatever it is) and take no accountability for the end-result. The US takes those black-eyes.
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1954-1970: CIA and the Muslim Brotherhood Ally to Oppose Egyptian President Nasser
http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=western_support_for_islamic_militancy_202700&scale=0
CFR/ICG/UN/UK/- US Foreign Policy – Egypt
May 2008 (…Dec 2007): While the US has supported the Mubarak government for the last thirty years, US foundations with ties to the US State department and the Pentagon have actively supported the political opposition including the civil society movement. According to Freedom House: “Egyptian civil society is both vibrant and constrained. There are hundreds of non-governmental organizations devoted to expanding civil and political rights in the country, operating in a highly regulated environment.”
In a bitter irony, Washington supports the Mubarak dictatorship, including its atrocities, while also backing and financing its detractors, through the activities of FH, NED, Carnegie Foundation among others.
Under the auspices of Freedom House, Egyptian dissidents and opponents of Hosni Mubarak were received in May 2008 by Condoleezza Rice at the State Department and the US Congress.
They also met White House National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley, who was “the principal White House foreign policy adviser” during George W. Bush’s second term.
Freedom House’s effort to empower a new generation of advocates has yielded tangible results and the New Generation program in Egypt has gained prominence both locally and internationally. Egyptian visiting fellows from all civil society groups received [May 2008] unprecedented attention and recognition, including meetings in Washington with US Secretary of State, the National Security Advisor, and prominent members of Congress. (Freedom House, Press release 2008)
2007: Freedom House efforts at helping the Egyptian activists, yielded great success:
- Under the auspices of Freedom House, Egyptian dissidents met US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in December 2007 at the State Department, in Washington DC. (Freedom House, Press release 2007)
- Again, in May 2008, Egyptian dissidents were received by Condoleezza Rice at the State Department. This Egyptian delegation was described by Condoleezza Rice as “The Hope for the Future of Egypt”. (Freedom House, Press release 2008)
- The same group also met White House National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley.
In May 2009, Hillary Clinton met a delegation of Egyptian dissidents, several of whom had met Condoleezza Rice a year earlier. (Freedom House, Press release 2009)
The 16 activists also met with Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman in Washington at the end of a two-month fellowship organized by Freedom House’s New Generation program.
These high level meetings were held a week prior to Obama’s visit to Egypt.
- The activists raised concern about what they perceived as the United States government distancing itself from Egyptian civil society and called on President Obama to meet with young independent civil society activists when he visits Cairo next week. They also urged the Obama administration to continue to provide political and financial support to Egyptian civil society and to help open the space for nongovernmental organizations which is tightly restricted under Egypt’s longstanding emergency law.
- The activists told Clinton that momentum was already building in Egypt for increased civil and human rights and that U.S. support at this time was urgently needed. They stressed that civil society represents a moderate and peaceful “third way” in Egypt, an alternative to authoritarian elements in the government and those that espouse theocratic rule.
- During their fellowship, the activists spent a week in Washington receiving training in advocacy and getting an inside look at the way U.S. democracy works. After their training, the fellows were matched with civil society organizations throughout the country where they shared experiences with U.S. counterparts. The activists will wrap up their program … by visiting U.S. government officials, members of Congress, media outlets and think tanks.” (Freedom House, Press release 2009)
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2009 – Obama: A ‘cosmic wager’ on the Muslim Brotherhood
President Obama’s outreach to the Muslim Brotherhood began three years ago in his famous June 2009 speech in Cairo.
Ten members of the Brotherhood were invited to listen to the address, and they heard a passage crafted especially for them:
“America respects the right of all peaceful and law-abiding voices to be heard around the world, even if we disagree with them. And we will welcome all elected, peaceful governments — provided they govern with respect for all their people.”…
The Obama administration has made what might be described as a “cosmic wager” on the Muslim Brotherhood’s peaceful intentions.
***By courting them in 2009, the United States helped legitimize their political aspirations; by refusing to come to Mubarak’s rescue during the Tahrir Square protests a year ago, the United States all but guaranteed that the Brotherhood would emerge as a dominant political force in a new Egypt.***
The Brotherhood is now ascendant, with its “Freedom and Justice Party” having won nearly 50 percent of the seats in Egypt’s post-revolutionary parliament.
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mediachecker->Obama and his Administration legitimized the Muslim Brotherhood in June 2009. it’s with this reassurance that ElBaradei invited Muslims Brotherhood parliamentary group leader Saad El-Katatny to his initial campaign meeting less than a year later, February 2010. How on earth does one legitimize a Sharia Law Implementation Movement?
National Association for Change (NAC)
Founded by ElBaradei – February 2010
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| Area served |  Egypt |
| Focus | Democracy, Social justice, Free and fair elections |
| Motto | “Together we will change”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Association_for_Chang |
February 24 2010: Elbaradei forms the “National Association for Change” (he’s certainly following Obama’s policy w/ the MB)
February 2010 (mediachecker->less than a year after Obama legitimized the MB): Hours ago, former IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei has announced the formation of the “National Association for Change” with aim of ” constitutional and political reform to achieve social justice and democracy “.
Many notable Egyptian politicians and activists attended the meeting at Elbaradei’s house today. Among them was Ayman Nour ElGhad Party leader who previously invited Elbaradei to form a consitutional convention.
Expectations are high for a strong coalition to bring change in Egypt [Photo Youm7.com
Other attendants included Muslims Brotherhood parliamentary group leader Saad El-Katatny, Osama Harb of Democratic Front Party, Hamdeen Sabahi of Al-Karama nasserist party, Essam Soltan of the islamist Wasat party,and renowned novelist Alaa Al-Aswani.
In recent months, an independent popular campaign was launched online to support Elbaradei as a presidential candidate in 2011 (April6 Movement). After intense reaction from the opposition newspapers, the campaign gained strong ground among Egypt’s younger generation. Currently the Facebook group for the campaign has reached more than 100,000 members, with a 10 thousand member increase in one day after Elbaradei had a live tv appearance discussing his presidential bid.
Many activists and politicians have expressed their optimism about Elbaradei’s bid as he is an international figure who represent a real challenge to Egypt’s ailing president Hosni Mubarak.
Saad El-Katatny - Muslim Brotherhood:
http://egyptdailydigest.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/elbaradei-forms-the-national-association-for-change/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saad_El-Katatny
October 7, 2010: After “courting” the MB in 2009, Patrick Cooper in “U.S. Embassy Sponsors Irish Muslim Business Conference....related how the U.S. ambassador to Ireland presented President Obama’s book, The Audacity of Hope, to the Irish MB leader Imam Hussein Halawa (who has strong ties to the global MB). Cooper indicated “a main point of the conference was the need for Sharia law compliant financial products to be used…. Ambassador Dan Rooney congratulated the organizers and said that the U.S. was ‘solid partners’ in the venture.” (mediachecker-> Ireland has strong freemason ties since the British invasion(s) resulting in hordes of lodges - must do a thread on it - very interesting stories in both the North and South)http://newswithviews.com/Cuddy/dennis228.htm
March 26, 2010: Is El Baradei Egypt's Hero? - Mohamed El Baradei and the Chance for Reform [Council on Foreign Relations News (CFR)]
(mediachecker-> the mouthpieces are beating the drum for El Baradei - this article is from the CFR mouthpiece – Foreign Affairs Magazine – ElBaradei gave talks at the CFR – plus wrote for the magazine. ElBaradei also has a degree in Sharia Law and was a member of the ICG until 2011)
February 23,2011: Mohamed ElBaradei says the Muslim Brotherhood is not radical
In a recent interview with Today’s Zaman former IAEA chief Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, stated that he did not see the Muslim Brotherhood Egypt’s popular opposition as a radical organization as portrayed in the West stressing that elections conducted before the establishment of democratic institutions in the country would only benefit the party in power. (mediachecker-> ElBaradei remains in sync with Obama)
…He noted that regimes in Egypt have so far been sustained with military backing, adding that those retiring from the army have either been made governors and directors general, or assumed important posts in ministries.[...]
[...]…***He expressed his belief that the MB would not be able to gain more than 20-25 percent of the vote;**** he said that it could in no way be regarded as radical.
***He defended the MB confirming that the group would always reject the use of arms and would remain loyal to democracy, emphasising that the organization’s initial struggle was not religious, but completely political.*** (mediachecker->yep, he’s singing Obama’s tune)
http://www.ikhwanweb.com/article.php?id=28087
mediachecker->ElBaradei may have judged his statistics by the 2005 elections when the stakes weren’t as high but with Murbarak now gone they went all out. UN 2008 stats showed the MB would win by a large margin. See below: Feb 15, 2012 WaPo
January 14 2012: After the revolution began, though, the MB withdrew its support of ElBaradei for president,. January 14, 2012 ElBaradei announced he was withdrawing from the race, saying “ the [Mubarak] regime has not yet fallen.” The newspaper Al-Sharouk announced that “ElBaradei has stripped bare the former regime” and Al-Masri Al-Youm said: “The ElBaradei bomb explodes in the face of the military.” In Abeer Tavel’s “Why Now, Mr. ElBaradei?!” (Al Arabiya News, January 15), one reads that “ElBaradei knows quite well that taking such a step [withdrawing from the presidential race] at this time would definitely shake the country.” The writer then ominously notes that the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces was unlikely to allow ElBaradei to win anyway! The MB and the Salafists had a different take on ElBaradei’s withdrawal, though, both saying he wasn’t favored by Islamist groups who won the parliamentary elections . (mediachecker-> did they dump him or was this a part of the plan?)
mediachecker-> It’s interesting to note that one of the first things Morsi did after he won was to replace the Supreme Council leader with Sisi who was a graduate of the Army College in PA.
February 15, 2012: The Brotherhood is now ascendant, with its “Freedom and Justice Party” having won nearly 50 percent of the seats in Egypt’s post-revolutionary parliament. It put down deep roots in Egypt’s professional organizations and won about 20 percent of the seats in parliament when it was allowed to run in 2005. It learned to speak a more conciliatory language.
It was in this tone of reassurance that Brotherhood officials said that they would contest only 30 percent of the seats in the recent parliamentary elections; in fact, they ran in nearly every district and won a near-majority. The Brotherhood also organized a decisive 77 percent win in last March’s constitutional referendum, which they pegged as a vote to protect language that promises the Islamic sharia as “the main source of legislation.”
Olivier Roy, a French expert on the Muslim world, argues that the Brotherhood will learn democracy by doing it: “Democratic culture does not precede democratic institutions; democratic culture is the internalization of these institutions,” he says. That, in essence, is the wager Obama has made.
January 23, 2012: Parliament met for the first time on January 23, with the ***MB’s Mohamed al-Katatni *** as speaker and two deputy speakers from the Salafists’ Al-Nur Party and the liberal Wafd Party. January 25, 2012 marked the 1-year anniversary of the Egyptian revolution that ousted Mubarak from power, and demonstrations were held then and on January 27 in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. On the latter date, however, according to Associated Press (AP) reporters Sarah El Deeb and Aya Batrawy in “Islamists, protesters scuffle at Egypt rally,” the “Muslim Brotherhood supporters and secular protesters hurled bottles and rocks at each other and got into fistfights… as their differences boiled over at a rally by tens of thousands…. Some protesters complain the Brotherhood sought to drown out other protesters by blaring religious anthems, Quranic recitations and music.” Remember, as I wrote earlier in this article, the MB only said it would not “immediately” insist upon the imposition of Sharia. But you can be sure it’s coming!
At the end of January, MB’s Freedom and Justice Party head Morsy spoke at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry’s headquarters on his party’s vision of Egypt’s future. And according to “As government-in-waiting, Egypt’s Brotherhood finds voice” (Al Arabiya News, February 26), an unnamed Western diplomat in Cairo claimed: “If you want to influence the next government’s policy, you need to talk to the Brotherhood, and you need to talk to them in depth.”
AP reporter El Deeb in “Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood wants government sacked” (February 9) wrote that the MB “called on the ruling generals to sack the military-appointed government, saying it has failed to manage the deteriorating security and economic situation in the country,” and that “Brotherhood spokesman Mahmoud Ghozlan said the military should appoint a Brotherhood representative as prime minister, who would then form a new government.”
On February 24, the MB’s Freedom and Justice Party announced it had won 107 seats (about 59%) in the Egyptian Parliament’s upper house, with the Salafists’ Nour Party winning 46 seats and the Wafd Party 19. It should be remembered, though, that the upper house’s powers are limited, and it can’t block legislation from the lower house.
In “Cleric says ex-Brotherhood man best for Egypt presidency” (Al Arabiya News, February 15), MB spiritual advisor Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi described former MB member Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh as the “leading candidate” for president in the election to be held on May 23 and 24 with a run-off vote on June 16 and 17 and final results to be released on June 21. The article indicated that al-Qaradawi’s remarks could influence the supporters of the MB to vote for Fotouh. However, on February 23 Fotouh was attacked by three men and suffered a concussion (he was released from the hospital the next morning). Was this a warning to him not to run for the presidency? In “Post-revolution Egypt chooses its president on May 23” (Al Arabiya News, March 1), one reads that “many analysts see [Amr] Moussa [former Arab League chief] as the front-runner but say much will depend on what kind of backing he can secure from the Muslim Brotherhood….”
Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi has been living in Qatar, and in “Did the Libyan Leadership Deceive the West?” by Jonathan Halevi (Jerusalem Issue Briefs, October 27, 2011), “the [Libyan] rebels are said to have received about $2 billion from the Qatari government. Qatari involvement is likely to produce a regime in Libya that follows the political orientation of Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi, thereby giving the Muslim Brotherhood an open door in the new Libya.” In 2004, Qaradawi issued a fatwa (Islamic religious decree) indicating Muslims could kill Americans in Iraq.
According to a Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report he is also considered a “spiritual guide for Hamas and has issued fatwas in support of suicide bombings against Israeli citizens. Moreover, he is the head of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS, begun July 11, 2004), which on February 27, 2012 issued a “Statement on Qur’an Burning in Afghanistan” saying “IUMS calls for an immediate investigation so as to punish the perpetrators of this criminal act… the burning of some copies of the noble Qur’an by some American soldiers who do not care for the sanctity of Muslims in their lands. It is unfortunate that this is not the first time for American soldiers to commit this sacrilege; they previously burnt copies of the noble Qur’an in Afghanistan and America.” How did American soldiers once again “accidentally” burn the Koran? Isn’t there a learning curve somewhere regarding this, and couldn’t they have simply turned them over to Afghan President Hamid Karzi’s religious leader for proper disposal?
These globalists say they didn’t meet until June yet we see a picture of al Katatni at the meeting in February – means something but don;t have time to investigate…
http://egyptelections.carnegieendowment.org/2010/09/02/profile-of-saad-al-katatni
http://blogs.cfr.org/cook/2012/08/07/who-are-the-muslim-brothers/
Soros Connection to El Baradei & Egypt Revolution
Open Society Institute
In 1993, Soros created the Open Society Institute, which supports the Soros foundations working to develop democratic institutions throughout Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The “open society” basically refers to a “test and evaluate” approach to social engineering. The Open Society Institute has active programs in more than 60 countries around the world with total expenditures currently averaging approximately $600 million a year.
Regime Collapse in Egypt
Watch The Great Deception AddendumMany are asking who started the riots in Egypt around Jan. 25, 2011, including Walid Phares on Fox News. Phares stated that he believed it was bloggers on Facebook who began the riots.
In April of 2010, a weekly magazine aiming to link Arab bloggers with politicians, the elderly and the elite was launched in Egypt. The weekly Wasla – or “The Link” – is being heralded as a first for the Arab world, with plans for articles by bloggers as a way of giving them a wider readership.
Wasla is published by the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information and is financially supported by the Open Society Institute created by none other than George Soros.
In the 1st edition of Wasla, the cover featured Mohamed ElBaradei. ElBaradei is Wasla’s chosen candidate and he is also supported by the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran. George Soros and ElBaradei both sit on the Board of Trustees for the International Crisis Group. Radio talk show host Michael Savage lays out in detail the ICG’s ties to the current Islamic uprising in Egypt.[26] In a June 2008 report entitled, “Egypt’s Muslim Brothers Confrontation or Integration,” ICG urges the Egyptian regime to allow the Muslim Brotherhood to participate in political life.
Soros’ Open Society also funded the main opposition voice in Tunisia, Radio Kalima, which championed the riots there that led to the ouster of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
More from WND:
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- In September, Soros’ group was looking to expand its operations in Egypt by hiring a new project manager for its Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, which is run in partnership with the Open Society Justice Initiative. The group is seeking to develop a national network of legal empowerment actors for referral of public-interest law cases. Such organizations in the past have helped represent Muslim Brotherhood leaders seeking election or more authority in the country.
Soros made public statements that he supported the uprising in Egypt. He also tacitly supports the Muslim Brotherhood.
From WND:
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- In a Washington Post editorial entitled, “Why Obama Has to Get Egypt Right,” Soros recognized that if free elections were held in Egypt, “the Brotherhood is bound to emerge as a major political force, though it is far from assured of a majority.”
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- He stated the U.S. has “much to gain by moving out in front and siding with the public demand for dignity and democracy” in Egypt.
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- He claimed the “Muslim Brotherhood‘s cooperation with Mohamed ElBaradei … is a hopeful sign that it intends to play a constructive role in a democratic political system.”
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- Soros did not mention his ties to ElBaradei.
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- Soros did, however, single out Israel as “the main stumbling block” in paving the way toward transition in the Middle East.
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- “In reality, Israel has as much to gain from the spread of democracy in the Middle East as the United States has. But Israel is unlikely to recognize its own best interests because the change is too sudden and carries too many risks,” he wrote.
And there is more concerning Soros being behind lobbying efforts for Egypt on Capitol Hill. From Gulag Bound:[28]
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- In attempting to explain how lobbyists get U.S. foreign aid for Egypt, journalist Pratap Chatterjee of the George Soros-funded Center for American Progress writes that Tony Podesta, “the brother of a former White House chief of staff,” joined with Toby Moffett, a former Democratic Congressman, and Bob Livingston, a former Republican Congressman, to create a lobbying organization, the PLM Group, to represent Egypt in Washington.
Tony Podesta is the brother of John Podesta. He is Chatterjee’s boss at the Center for American Progress. (mediachecker–>John Podesda was a major player in Obama winning the election.)
More from Gulag Bound:
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- Politico reported that Tony and John Podesta started Podesta Associates in the late 1980s and that it was later renamed the Podesta Group. So John Podesta was in on this money-making scheme from the start. Soros subsequently asked John Podesta to run the Center for American Progress, whose foreign policy expert, Brian Katulis, has been arguing on MSNBC that the U.S. ought to pull the plug on the Hosni Mubarak government in Egypt and deal with the Muslim Brotherhood.
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- Politico has since reported that the lobbyists in the Podesta Group and the Livingston Group had lobbied on the issue of a Senate resolution calling for free elections in Egypt. The story didn’t mention that a former Politico editor, John Ward Anderson, now works for the Podesta Group.
For more on the El Baradei – Soros Connection, Watch (youtube) The Great Deception Addendum
http://anarchitext.org/2011/05/24/soros-el-baradei/
The skillfully done youtube videos are (unfortunately for yours truly) in Arabic.
Bloomberg/BizWeek Acknowledges ‘Obama Call for Muslim Brotherhood Role’ in Egypt By Tom Blumer | July 07, 2013
Nicole Gaouette and John Walcott at Bloomberg BusinessWeek have revealed that the Obama administration has specifically stated that it wants the Muslim Brotherhood to have a role in any new Egyptian government. Meanwhile, other news outlets, particularly the Associated Press, have avoided disclosing that specific detail.
There are two “little” problems with the administration’s disclosed position. The first is that now-deposed Mohammed Morsi’s final speech on Tuesday was seen as a promise that there would be civil war if he were ousted. The second is that Morsi supporters in the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups have promised to carry out a campaign of terror until Morsi is reinstalled, and are keeping that promise. Those two factors should objectively disqualify the Brotherhood’s involvement. Excerpts from the Bloomberg pair’s report follow the jump (bolds are mine):
The Obama administration’s call for an “inclusive” political process in Egypt with a role for the Muslim Brotherhood has been overshadowed by conflict between security forces and supporters of the Islamist group.
Violent protests in Cairo and elsewhere over the military’s ouster of President Mohamed Mursi raised doubts about prospects for an eventual accommodation that would allow the Brotherhood that supports him to compete in new elections.
President Barack Obama “condemned the ongoing violence across Egypt and expressed concern over the continued political polarization,” according to a statement issued yesterday by the White House. “He reiterated that the United States is not aligned with, and does not support, any particular Egyptian political party or group.”
Secretary of State John Kerry said in a separate statement yesterday that “we firmly reject the unfounded and false claims by some in Egypt that the United States supports the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood or any specific Egyptian political party or movement.”
Still, the administration has urged the Egyptian military to stop using heavy-handed tactics against the Brotherhood, according to two U.S. officials who asked not to be identified commenting on private communications. They said the administration is concerned that some in the military may want to provoke the Islamists to violence and provide a rationale for crushing the movement once and for all.
Such a move would fail and probably prompt a shift to al-Qaeda type terrorist tactics by extremists in the Islamist movement in Egypt and elsewhere, the U.S. officials said.
As noted, the Islamists don’t need to be provoked, and the shift to “al-Qaeda type tactics” is well under way. The State Department and the Obama administration in general must know that. So why the pretense?
Continuing:
While Obama’s administration has stopped short of condemning the July 3 military takeover, it has called on Egyptian leaders to pursue “a transparent political process that is inclusive of all parties and groups,” including “avoiding any arbitrary arrests of Mursi and his supporters,” Bernadette Meehan, a spokeswoman for the National Security Council, said July 4 in a statement. Mursi has been detained since his ouster.
… “What I think the Brotherhood has concluded is the game is stacked, and the only way to get what they deserve is to change the game, not to play in the game,” (director of the Middle East program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies Jon) Alterman said in an interview for Bloomberg Television’s “Political Capitol with Al Hunt” airing this weekend. “That’s a big change from where the Brotherhood was a year ago.”
A year ago the Brotherhood was pretending not to be terrorists. Now they and their allies are not. They have chosen it. They have delegitimized themselves.
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… Now “the Islamists feel very much that they’ve been deprived of a legitimately won election”, said Michele Dunne, who heads the Middle East program at the Atlantic Council, a Washington policy group.
The election may — emphasis may — have been legitimately won, but Morsi’s assumption of near-dictatorial powers in November of last year and his accompanying headlong rush into drafting and getting approval for a sharia law-based, socialist constitution forfeited that legitimacy. “We won, so we can do anything we want” isn’t how it works (resisting the urge to draw U.S. parallels).
Anyway, it’s nice to see at least one news outlet recognize that when Obama and his administration are calling for inclusiveness, they’re virtually insisting on including a group which has rededicated itself to terrorism.
Bring out those “Obama supports terrorism” signs again.
(mediachecker-> Obama even speaks Soros’/ElBaradei/et al - ICG goals) “a transparent political process that is inclusive of all parties and groups,”…
Obama has been consistent since 2009 in his support of the Muslim Brotherhood. Why?
