Montecresto
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After Egypt ejected the US backed government, the army has been fighting its war on terror too. Now the White House wants to install jihadist extremists in another country that is fighting their war on terror. It's not unclear that the White House is interested in destabilising the region, as they have been rightly accussed.
While the eyes of the world are on Syria, Egypt's military is routing jihadists from the vast and lawless Sinai Peninsula -- and, according to some regional observers, showing the U.S. how to conduct a war on terrorists.
Under orders from Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the military leader governing Egypt since the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi was ousted, the Egyptian military is stepping up the fight against the growing coalition of Muslim Brotherhood, Al Qaeda and other radical Muslims gathering in the massive desert peninsula. Although the jihadist activity in the Sinai could be as big a threat to regional stability as the civil war in Syria, Sisi's effort to confront terrorism at his doorstep comes without endorsement from the Obama administration, which has denounced the military takeover in Egypt.
Read more: As world watches Syria, Egypt launches major campaign against jihadists in Sinai | Fox News
I wholly support Egypt's efforts to combat the extremists, particularly those who attempted to initiate a low-level armed uprising in the Sinai Peninsula. That the U.S. has hesitated at a time when it should be backing Egypt's transitional government has undermined the capacity of the U.S. to play a constructive role in an issue that, unlike in Syria, involves major American interests. The U.S. should be backing the transitional government as it tries to create a sustainable and stable governance structure under challenging circumstances.
Correct, but the White Houses actions tend to prove that Putin is right, that the US is interested in destabilising the region.
Thats because whats going on in Egypt is very different from Syria and isn't really threatening to spiral out of control. In fact one of my good friends just left for a 2 week holiday to the red sea.
I believe that the U.S. has been viewing the Mideast through its own ideals. It has seen movements as it desires them to be (consistent with its own ideals), not as they actually are. It has embraced the uprisings as broad popular movements seeking democracy, individual freedom, human rights, etc. That the uprisings have occurred or are occurring in states that are relatively authoritarian has reinforced the bias that they are democratic uprisings.
The reality has been different. These have largely been sectarian uprisings for complex motives. Extreme elements have also exploited the instability for ends that have little to do with representative, tolerant, inclusive governance.
The end result is that such uprisings have been destabilizing. Supporting the "Arab Spring" has encouraged instability. However, I am not aware of concrete evidence that the U.S. deliberately desires instability in an already highly volatile region.
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I do believe it has demonstrated some remarkable short-sightedness. Bahrain was one such area, where the U.S. has a strategic military base. Had the Shia toppled Bahrain's existing government the U.S. might have been confronted with a situation where it would have to give up its base or retain it against the wishes of the successor regime. Fortunately for the U.S., the Gulf Cooperation Council sent military forces to Bahrain to help the embattled government survive.
Well that's true, at least at this point. But there are those here that would disagree with you on Syria, suggesting that there is no threat of it spiralling out of control.
oh on Syria spiralled out of control a long time ago, I meant Egypt isnt going to spiral out of control anytime soon.
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