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Is Obama's support of the Muslim Brotherhood a sign he supports terrorists having a voice in Middle East governments?
Obama green-lighting Muslim Brotherhood participation in Egyptian government « Hot Air
If the name Robert Malley sounds familiar, it should. Obama supposedly fired Malley as an adviser for Middle East affairs in April 2008 from his campaign (Malley later claimed he’d quit) after it came out that Malley had met with Hamas on several occasions, despite Hamas’ status as a terrorist group as indicated by the State Department. Those meetings took place through the auspices of the International Crisis Group as well. Malley also helped create J Street, designed as a counterbalance to AIPAC, which lobbies for Israel in Washington, and while a member of Clinton’s team was the only administration official to blame Israel for Yasser Arafat’s refusal to accept the Clinton peace plan.
Even so, this does nothing but acknowledge the obvious. The Muslim Brotherhood has operated in Egypt since at least 1928 despite repeated and sustained attempts to stamp it out. It’s a political minority, but an influential and significant movement that could end up playing kingmaker in an unruly shift into free elections in Egypt. We have no real say in the narrowness or broadness of whatever pluralism emerges in Egypt — presuming, of course, that the army doesn’t seize control instead. The best we can do is to try to get ahead of it and pressure Egyptians into renouncing violence in the interim, and hope the rest of Egypt holds them to their commitments.
Obama green-lighting Muslim Brotherhood participation in Egyptian government « Hot Air
If the name Robert Malley sounds familiar, it should. Obama supposedly fired Malley as an adviser for Middle East affairs in April 2008 from his campaign (Malley later claimed he’d quit) after it came out that Malley had met with Hamas on several occasions, despite Hamas’ status as a terrorist group as indicated by the State Department. Those meetings took place through the auspices of the International Crisis Group as well. Malley also helped create J Street, designed as a counterbalance to AIPAC, which lobbies for Israel in Washington, and while a member of Clinton’s team was the only administration official to blame Israel for Yasser Arafat’s refusal to accept the Clinton peace plan.
Even so, this does nothing but acknowledge the obvious. The Muslim Brotherhood has operated in Egypt since at least 1928 despite repeated and sustained attempts to stamp it out. It’s a political minority, but an influential and significant movement that could end up playing kingmaker in an unruly shift into free elections in Egypt. We have no real say in the narrowness or broadness of whatever pluralism emerges in Egypt — presuming, of course, that the army doesn’t seize control instead. The best we can do is to try to get ahead of it and pressure Egyptians into renouncing violence in the interim, and hope the rest of Egypt holds them to their commitments.
