Doubtless the Brotherhood tweets too...
The alternative to Mubarak is the Muslim Brotherhood. If Mubarak’s regime goes down, the Brothers take over. Doubtless the Brothers are also signed up to Twitter. The Brothers’ goal is to Islamise the world. They are religious fascists. They are also the mortal enemies of the west. Barry Rubin noted last Octoberthat the Brotherhood had declared war on America:
The United States is ‘experiencing the beginning of its end and is heading towards its demise....Resistance is the only solution…. The United States cannot impose an agreement upon the Palestinians, despite all the means and power at its disposal. [Today] it is withdrawing from Iraq, defeated and wounded, and it is also on the verge of withdrawing from Afghanistan. [All] its warplanes, missiles and modern military technology were defeated by the will of the peoples, as long as [these peoples] insisted on resistance – and the wars of Lebanon and Gaza, which were not so long ago, [are proof of this].’
Rubin provides today some more examples of the Brotherhood’s, ah, moderation:
...here is one example of its rhetoric from Rajab Hilal Hamida, a member of the Brotherhood in Egypt’s parliament, who proves that you don’t have to be moderate to run in elections:
‘From my point of view, Bin Ladin, al-Zawahiri and al-Zarqawi [the leaders of al-Qaida who staged the September 11 attacks and massive killings in Iraq] are not terrorists in the sense accepted by some. I support all their activities, since they are a thorn in the side of the Americans and the Zionists.…[On the other hand,] he who kills Muslim citizens is neither a jihad fighter nor a terrorist, but a criminal murderer. We must call things by their proper names!’
[After he said this the Brotherhood issued a statement, albeit only in English on a site known for trying to make the group sound moderate to a Western audience, that he did not represent their viewpoint. It is quite true that the Brotherhood does not support al-Qaida, as I have pointed out. But shorn of those specific names, he did state the position that the Brotherhood has frequently taken.]
And here's Muhammad Badi, the Brotherhood's leader:
‘Resistance is the only solution….[Today the United States] is withdrawing from Iraq, defeated and wounded, and it is also on the verge of withdrawing from Afghanistan. [All] its warplanes, missiles and modern military technology were defeated by the will of the peoples, as long as [these peoples] insisted on resistance–and the wars of Lebanon and Gaza, which were not so long ago, [are proof of this].’
Mohammed el Baradei, the reported front runner to replace Mubarak and who is posing as the candidate of reform, is reportedly in bed with both the Brotherhood and Iran. Rubin comments:
Let's assume that al Baradei became Egypt’s president. The Muslim Brotherhood might get key ministries such as education and social welfare, transforming large sectors of Egyptian society, putting thousands of their supporters into key positions, and consolidating power for the next step. They would also infiltrate and recruit pro-Islamist officers in the army.
What effect would such a coalition have on Egypt's policy toward the United States and Israel? Would U.S. economic aid and military sales continue to such a regime? One of the new government's first steps would be to end all sanctions to the Gaza Strip, allowing weapons and terrorists to flow there freely.
Yet el Baradei is being described by the dhimmi dummies of the western media as a ‘moderate’, and the Obamites are reportedly looking upon him with favour. This is astounding. If Egypt Islamises, Jordan is next – and both will turn into Iran/Gaza in a matter of a few years. Yet Obama’s desertion of Mubarak, effectively fuelling the frenzy on the streets of Egypt, is helping bring that about. And even if the Mubarak regime survives this turmoil, Jordan, Saudi and the rest have now seen that America cannot be relied upon. That in itself will have dire consequences in pushing these countries towards accommodating the region’s perceived ‘strong horse’ that Obama’s treacherous folly is making ever stronger – Iran.
The west’s reaction to this crisis shows how moral confusion has rotted its collective brain. When the people of Lebanon made their genuine pitch for democracy, which would have helped in the defence of the free world, the west was totally indifferent. When the people of Iran made their genuine pitch for democracy, which would have helped in the defence of the free world, the west was totally indifferent. But when the Egyptians look like they may be about to repeat the pattern of the 1979 Iranian revolution and bring about another Islamic theocracy which would further threaten the free world, the west cheers them on.
Madness.
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