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As Tunisia goes, so goeth Egypt (and the rest of the Middle East)?
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I’ve been disappointed to watch the peaceful protests in Egypt turn violent, as pro and anti government forces clash. And even more disappointed that the Obama administration is jeopardizing Israel by calling for a rapid transition to a new order in Egypt.
“…an orderly transition must be meaningful, it must be peaceful, and it must begin now.”
Given the fact that there are 91 million radical Islamists in the world, if crowds of Muslims follow the example being set in Egypt and riot to demand “regime change” in other moderate Islamic nations, will the Obama administration follow suit and dutifully ask for their leaders to step down and allow the Muslim Brotherhood to take over there as well?
Les Carpenter at Left Coast Rebel reminds us of the words on the Muslim Brotherhood Movement Homepage:
Allah is our objective.
The messenger is our leader.
Quran is our law.
Jihad is our way.
Dying in the way of Allah is our highest hope.
Egypt is one of the few Islamic countries whick supports women’s rights, where ‘veiling’ was not mandated, and where the hijab is still optional. If the Muslim Brotherhood takes over, Egypt can say goodbye to whatever liberties they had under Mubarak. Brotherhood zealots are the embodiment of Islamic supremacism. They don’t care about democracy, and if they control Egypt’s government, not only will there not be free and fair elections, Egypt will become decidedly anti-American and anti-Israel.
Make no mistake, Hosni Mubarak has not been a benevolent dictator. Egyptian parliamentary elections have been fraught with corruption (which explains his 30 years as president). Political dissidents are jailed and suspects are often held without charge and detained indefinitely. Economically, 20 percent of Egypt’s population lives below the poverty line and official unemployment is 9.7 percent. Of those Egyptians who do have a job, nearly half earn around $2 a day or less.
On the flip side, Mubarak has been one of America’s allies against Islamic terrorism. And to unceremoniously throw him under the bus creates a vacuum for the Muslim Brotherhood to step in and take control.
Distant and recent history shows that reform would be the more prudent course than revolution.
“A man full of warm, speculative benevolence may wish his society otherwise constituted than he finds it, but a good patriot and a true politician always considers how he shall make the most of the existing materials of his country. A disposition to preserve and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman. Everything else is vulgar in the conception, perilous in the execution.” ~Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
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RELATED: Barry Rubin at YID With LID has a MUST-READ post that correlates how Pakistan’s decent into Islamic fanaticism could very well portend what happens next in Egypt.
RELATED: Is Obama “Cartering” the Egypt protests?
RELATED: The Center for Security Policy posted an excellent article entitled, “The Muslim Brotherhood: the enemy in its own words.”
The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in Egypt in 1928. Its express purpose was two-fold: (1) to implement shariah worldwide, and (2) to re-establish the global Islamic State (caliphate). Therefore, al Qaeda and the MB have the same objectives. They differ only in the timing and tactics involved in realizing them.
There’s much more, be sure to read it all!
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UPDATE: Videos of the violent protests in Egypt via RussiaToday
The Egyptian capital Cairo was the scene of violent chaos on Friday, when tens of thousands of anti-government protesters stoned and confronted police, who fired back with rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons. It was a major escalation in what was already the biggest challenge to authoritarian President Hosni Mubarak’s 30 year-rule. They are demanding Mubarak’s ouster and venting their rage at years of government neglect of rampant poverty, unemployment and rising food prices
A group of pro-government supporters riding horses and camels has charged anti-Mubarak protesters. it comes as hundreds of pro-government supporters and protesters demanding the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak clashed in Cairo’s main square on Wednesday. Mubarak supporters break through a human chain of anti-government protesters trying to defend those gathered in Tahrir Square. They tore down banners denouncing the president and fistfights broke out as they advanced across the massive square in the heart of the capital.
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