The group that is, in its own words, dedicated to “eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within and sabotaging its miserable house” wants deeds, not just words, from Obama. Above all, they want him to abandon Israel. And they may very well get their wish. “Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood dismisses Obama speech,” from Reuters, May 9 (thanks to all who sent this in):
CAIRO (Reuters) — Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood dismissed Saturday U.S. President Barack Obama’s plan to deliver a speech to the Muslim world from Egypt as part of a plan to keep Arab and Muslim states divided.
Deputy leader Mohamed Habib said overtures by the United States to countries like Syria and Iran, and recent visits by U.S. officials to Egypt and Saudi Arabia, indicated the speech would be used to further the superpower’s pro-Israeli agenda.
“The U.S. administration is trying to use each of these countries individually to serve the American agenda and American interests, in addition to securing, promoting, protecting and guaranteeing the superiority of the Zionist entity (Israel),” Habib told Reuters.
The Brotherhood is Egypt’s largest and most powerful opposition group, and seeks an Islamic state through democratic means. It disavowed violence decades ago and is officially banned, but operates relatively openly.
Obama will deliver a speech to the Muslim world in Egypt on June 4 in which he will seek to repair ties that were severely damaged under his predecessor George W. Bush.
Yes, everything was great before Bush. Just forget about those Lebanese barracks, and that Iranian hostage crisis, and the USS Cole, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, and…
“The statements are rosy, but politics is not built on statements as much as it’s based on practices on the ground. Let’s wait and see,” Habib said….