Tuesday, July 12, 2011

About Egypt

Egypt Unveiled
a little

Farahat: If someone like Glenn Beck , whom I respect and admire, agrees with Nageh Ibrahim from Al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya that the protests against Mubarak are wrong and not in their best interest, then I think this a sign that one needs to revise their premises. When Al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya and freedom loving people agree on what’s in their best interest, I take this as a sign of dangerous misconception that no one can afford.
Why President Obama supported protests in Egypt and why I do, might be for entirely different reasons. The Obama administration is resuming formal contacts with the Muslim Brotherhood, which certainly is not in the best interest of freedom loving people in Egypt.

FP: But just a second, where Glenn Beck was right, and where those who are concerned about these demonstrations are right, is that the devil we know might be better than the devil we don’t know. No one is denying what you are saying about the true nature of the phony “secular” leaders, but the Muslim Brotherhood could very well come to power on the backs of these demonstrators and then we have an even worse situation. Surely, to take Egypt as an example, it is better for us to have a Mubarak in power than a Khomeini-like regime.

Farahat: I believe that’s a dangerous notion, because the “devil you know” is breeding and indoctrinating millions of devils you don’t know. It’s an unsustainable strategy that only creates a short-term delusion of stability while it only allows your enemy to conveniently plot. [
Code Commie
The complex political dynamics at work here keep my head spinning,  and this FrontPage interview with Cynthia Farahat, a political activist and dissident in Egypt did little to firm things up for me.     When that happens I  go the the Oracle of of the Jumping Gonad,  which in this case asked, simply, "What side did you say Code Pink was on?"

Om.  Ommmmmmmm"  Om.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Obama and the American Left have sown the wind. Mubarak had one job, i.e. keep the Muslim Brotherhood in "the box". Komrade Doofus opened the box.

Casca

Anonymous said...

Of all the revolutions that have occurred throughout history, only ours worked... well, at least for the first four score years.

Freddie Sykes

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