President Barack Obama, who invited the Muslim Brotherhood to his Cairo speech in 2009, has now invited Brotherhood leader and Egyptian president Muhammad Morsi for talks in the United States.
But as the Muslim Brotherhood comes to power in Egypt, we should all be worried, because the Brotherhood was the group that fathered Al-Qaeda and the Jihad groups that attacked New York in 1993 and again on 9-11.
But President Obama is not worried. He thinks the Brotherhood coming to power is an opportunity—perhaps to achieve even more of a “dialogue,” for “engagement,” with the Arab-Islamic world.
So far this dialogue of engagement has failed everywhere Obama has tried it—in Egypt, in Iran and in Turkey, but the president with the Islamic middle name thinks he can charm radical leaders to a path of moderation.
Back on the ground in the Middle East, there has been a 104-percent increase in terror attacks across the border into Israel from Gaza and Sinai in the last month. Cross-border infiltration and rocket attacks are a daily affair, usually without fatalities, but that will change when the terrorists “get lucky.”
When that happens, and it will, Israeli leaders will have to abandon the pin-point reprisal policy and escalate to a more thorough house cleaning of the border area. The Islamic terrorists in Sinai and Gaza, supported by 11 Bedouin tribes that make money from smuggling, are heavily armed.
There are more than half a dozen different terror groups—some associated with Al-Qaeda—and they will all want to flex their muscles.
Israeli military planners think it is only a matter of time before the Brotherhood, its sister organization, Hamas, that rules Gaza, and the other terror groups destabilize Israel’s southern border, undermining the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty and even causing a military conflict.
But in the rarefied air of the White House and Foggy Bottom, the Obama Administration is oblivious.
President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton and anti-terror chief John Brennan do not seem too concerned. They helped bring the Brotherhood to the Egyptian presidency by undermining Egyptian leader Husni Mubarak, much the way Jimmy Carter undermined Iran’s Shah 34 years ago.
Obama and Co. invited participation by the Brotherhood in Egypt’s governance, bringing them to Obama’s Cairo speech of 2009. They should have known: He who invites extremists to the appetizer should not be surprised when they stay for dinner and dessert.
The “Brothers” are not interested in sharing power any more than the Iranian ayatollahs were. Yes, there are differences between Sunni Islamic radicals (Egypt) and Shiite Islamic radicals (Iran), but they also have much in common:
- They hate Muslims who are not sufficiently religious and are too “Western” in their daily lives;
- They hate America and Israel;
- And they hate sharing power with anyone.
There will be no real democracy in a Brotherhood-led Egypt. You can bet on it.
The secular Egyptian army will hold out for a bit, but will finally succumb. That is what happened in Turkey, where Obama’s other favorite extremist Islamic leader, Recept Erdogan, swept the army aside. Turkey, once a reliable NATO ally, is now an unreliable force, and Egypt, once a reliable friend of the US, will also drift away.
Throughout this chain of events, it is hard not to see the resemblance between President Obama’s actions in Egypt and those of President Jimmy Carter in Iran.
Carter and his aides hoped/prayed for moderation in Iran. But we got 30 years of death, terror, and a nuclear bomb program. Obama and Co. will get much the same from the Brotherhood, whose Arabic name—Ikhwan—comes from the blood-curdling Wahhabi movement in Arabia that spawned the Brotherhood in Egypt.
Obama and his aides like to drone on about how Obama personally liquidated Osama Bin-Laden, but in the long term, Obama’s loss of Egypt will be much more important, and it could overshadow even Carter’s loss of Iran.
Egypt is the anchor of the Mediterranean theater. It was coveted by Napoleon and the Soviets, and it is at the heart of the Middle East. If it radiates instability, we all lose, as extremism flows out to Israel, Europe and pro-US Arab states.
What happened to the Obama Administration? Why were its officials not more alert to the underside of the so-called “Arab Spring”?
Top anti-terror officials in the Obama Administration gave speeches at NYU or Georgetown describing the beauty of Islam and speaking of jihad as a spiritual journey.
Soon, we may discover where that journey leads.
To battle Arab-Islamic terror efficiently, we must re-establish a cadre of Middle East specialists who are experts in history and language rather than politically correct nostrums that lead only to wishful thinking and strategic surprise.
Dr. Michael Widlanski, an expert on Arab politics and communications, is the author of Battle for Our Minds: Western Elites and the Terror Threat just published March by Threshold/Simon and Schuster. He taught at the Hebrew University for nearly two decades and served as Strategic Affairs Advisor for Israel’s Ministry of Public Security.
Why should anyone be surprised that so many Jews support Obama..they were dumb enough to sit back while they watched 6 million of themselves get cooked in crematoriums during World War II..they are sheeples..but most people in the U.S are asleep at the wheel anyway..the Russianss in fact..really won the cold war. We are functioning as an oligarchy and no one wants to face it. Our courts are nothing more than organized crime cults that do nothing more than expand cases to create profits. We are..for all intent and purposes..Lawless America.. we are myth..there is no freedom..no commerce that is not based in China..GREED has completely consumed the infrastructure and I for one would like to get the hell out of here before the bloody revolution starts..except all if my money was stolen by the cult of the bar associations.
When decisions and actions seem incomprehensible then re-examine your basic premises.
Premise one: Obama is an American.
In body (perhaps). In his heart? No. Every decision he has made to date has worked against America’s best interests. He was brought up in his most formative years in foreign lands and that includes Hawaii which a multicultural amalgam as different from mainstream America as black is to white. He was tutored by Marxists; associated with Marxists; went to a black marxist america-hating church.
Premise two: His actions have been designed to change America for the better. His goals are to make America a stronger, better, fairer nation.
Every economic and political decision he and his advisers have made have only one purpose — to weaken the U.S.A. economically and politically. He is a disciple of Cloward and Piven, two Marxists who preach that the best way to bring about the fall of capitalism and economic freedom in the U.S. was not by armed revolution but by causing the financial collapse of the country from within.
The “people” will then DEMAND that the State take over control of the economy and they (the Marxists who have infiltrated the Democrat party) will have gained power without firing a shot.
Premise three: His actions are designed to produce a stronger America because we will be loved and admired by the whole world and our influence in world affairs will be for the good rather than for the bad.
It is hardly worth refuting this. We are less admired now then ever. Worse, we are less feared and respected. We now lead from “behind”!! now there is an oxymoron if I ever heard one. It is now true that we are indeed a paper tiger. To mix metaphors we may huff and puff but who cares? No one, certainly not Iran, Russia, China, Hamas or any other totalitarian entity. Obama is loudly proclaiming to the world that he (almost personally) killed Bin Laden. It might in fact be credibly argued that killing Bin Laden was a favour to the Brotherhood and the newer Islamists. Bin Laden had become more of a hindrance to their cause. Where they wanted to conquer by stealth from within, he was a very visible symbol of the danger of Islamism through violence. What is happening now in the middle-east, indeed throughout the world, proves the point. we are asleep and the wolves are taking over — disguised as sheep.
Our government does NOT regard Muslim terrorists as the enemy!
Google: Muslim terrorist training camps in America. There are many. They are ALLOWED by our government.
Who does the government regard as the enemy?
In 2009, Homeland Security declared the people to watch out for were veterans returning from the wars, pro-lifers and Tea Party attendees. In 2011, Homeland Security put out a video portraying white people as the most likely terrorists.
Google: Concentration camps in America
There are many. They are NOT intended for Muslim terrorists. People in Germany thought the murder of millions of innocents could never happen there. But it did.
Widlanski: “the president with the Islamic middle name thinks he can charm radical leaders to a path of moderation.” End of quote.
Obama is a committed Muslim. Obama-Clinton have NO interest in moderate Muslims! They PREFER and support devout, Koran-obedient Muslims. And with U.S. tax dollars.
Obama-Clinton not only have a rabid hate for Israel, they also have a rabid hate for America.
@ SHmuel HaLevi:
Perhaps so.
Disaster for both the USA and Israel–is exactly what Barack H. Obama & co want and are planning for!
@ Laura:
She obviously misses Suha’s Arafat close friendship… I guess that is nice way of defining it.
@ Laura:
Did not also Clapper say that? The US and in particular the 60% remaining Jewish supporters of the present administration have intentionally dug their own trenches.
President Obama is the most anti-Israeli, misojudaic President who has ever occupied the Oval Office.
His actions and statements reek of contempt for Israel, supporters of Israel and for Jews. Those Jews who are part – and have been part – of his administration are modern day versions of ‘Kapos.’ ( Think Axelrod and Emanuel)
I am amazed, beguiled and frustrated by the minds and motivations of liberal American Jews – or liberal Jews in general.
I am led to believe that there may be a genetic component to this irrational, jewicidal behavior. However, I also believe that over 2000 years in exile have produced a certain behavior pattern as well.
Jews who vote for Obama are not only voting ‘against’ Israel but are also voting against their own self (economic) interests.
It is despicable and disgusting.
This is one of the most important article yet explaining the infatuation of Obama with the Muslim Brotherhood and the liberal Jews just love him for it. As I see it, it is the Ashkanazi Jews are the culprits. Must be a genetic gene gone bad.
This story is just huge and the silence around it is profound.
The first thing to note is that the rise of radical Islam is the most significant geo-political event in world history since the failure of the Soviet Union.
This mainly goes unremarked upon, but it is unquestionably the case.
The second thing to note is that the Obama administration did, in fact, helped facilitate the rise of radical Islam throughout the Middle East. We can discuss his motivations for doing so, and people can argue that he is playing 3 dimensional chess, but the fact remains that he helped clear a path for the Brotherhood in Egypt.
The third thing to note, sadly, is the complicity of left-liberal American Jewry (a category that includes me, btw) throughout the process.
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I just cannot believe that American Jews are going to support a president who supports the Brotherhood.
It’s mind-boggling. The Brotherhood, as you guys surely know, has an historical provenance that goes to Nazi Germany, for chrissake.
For an American Jew to support this president represents a stupidity, or ideological blinkertude, so profound as to be indescribable.
I am just shocked.
@ Mike Lumish:
Why are you flabbergasted, Mike? Barry Barack Hussein Soetero Obama would be an absolute fool, to try to curry Jewish favor in any way that would jeopardize his standing with the Muslim Brotherhood. The Brotherhood has, thanks to Obama’s godfathering, attained almost universal acceptance in the Arab world: Even the Saudis recognize the MB government in Egypt; and the Brotherhood will, in all likelihood, control every major Arab state from Morocco to Syria in the coming months.
AMERICAN JEWS, MEANWHILE, WILL SUPPORT OBAMA, WITH THEIR VOTES AND THEIR MONEY NO MATTER WHAT HE DOES.
If you were Obama, what would YOU do? His father’s people are Muslims, and his allies all over the world are pro-Muslim. Should he throw all that away, to do what? capture a share of the Mormon vote? The Jews don’t give a damn about their own country. Why should he? The god of American Jews is Barack Hussein Obama.
I remain just flabbergasted.
He actually invited the Muslim Brotherhood, the granddaddy of terrorist organizations, to the White House.
The chutzpah is just remarkable.
And then there’s Hillary who indulges muslim Jew-hatred. She went to Tunisia I believe it was, to reassure the muslims that any pro-Israel sentiments on the part of American politicians are the result of political posturing for domestic benefit. In other words, the Jewish lobby forces them to take such positions. What a way to give legitimacy to the Arab-muslim world’s widely held paranoid belief of a Jewish cabal controlling America.
I think Brennan is the genius who said the muslim brotherhood is secular, referred to hezbollah as a political party not a terrorist group and called Jerusalem al quds. He represents the type of morons who are responsible for America’s national security. And I’m being kind in calling them morons. They seem more like they are mentally unstable. How is it possible they can come to the conclusions they do?