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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Selling out for perceived safety

The Obama administration said for the first time that it supports a role for groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned Islamist organization, in a reformed Egyptian government.

The organization must reject violence and recognize democratic goals if the U.S. is to be comfortable with it taking part in the government, the
White House said. But by even setting conditions for the involvement of such nonsecular groups, the administration took a surprise step in the midst of the crisis that has enveloped Egypt for the last week.
The concept of democratic values is not the same as we understand them.  Islamic democracy is sharia law as the supreme law of the land with no exceptions.

The statement was an acknowledgment that any popularly accepted new government will probably include groups that are not considered friendly to U.S. interests, and was a signal that the White House is prepared for that probability after 30 years of reliable relations with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

Why?  Is there some self-defeating mechanism at work here which precludes us from seeing the problem here?

Yes, political multiculturism.

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