Obama seen as anxious for Islamist rule in Egypt

[happysandyh]

A dear friend of ours, Avi Lipkin, has recently written a piece for Israel Today about the situation in Egypt. Avi is not just another voice adding his opinion to the current situation. He has a unique perspective. Not only is he an Israeli but his wife was born and raised in Egypt. She is Jewish, but grew up in Egypt and is fluent in Arabic as well as Hebrew and English. She works for the Israeli government and her job is to monitor the Arabic speaking broadcasts from the Arab countries and report to the Israeli government what the Arab people are really saying to each other in Arabic and not just what they say to the world in English. Consequently, Avi has unique access to information. Here's the article...

"Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Thursday reassured his nation that there will be genuinely free and democratic elections in September, and that he will not be running for president. Mubarak also transfered most of his important powers to new Vice President Omar Suleiman, but insisted he would not step down at this time.

Hours later, the Egyptian army issued a statement that it would guarantee that Mubarak kept his word.

All that wasn’t good enough for US President Barak Obama, who issued his own statement expressing frustration that Mubarak had not thrown in the towel and created a power vacuum.

“Too many Egyptians remain unconvinced that the government is serious about a genuine transition to democracy,” insisted Obama, who described Mubarak’s promises as neither “immediate, meaningful nor sufficient.”

Meanwhile, Obama’s top officials continued to lay the groundwork for a Muslim Brotherhood takeover in Egypt that would be accepted and recognized by the international community. In what was either an unprecedented display of naivete or a revelation of what the Obama Administration’s true agenda is, US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper had this to say during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Thursday:

“The Muslim Brotherhood is a very heterogeneous group, largely secular, which has eschewed violence and has decried al-Qaeda as a perversion of Islam. …There is no overarching agenda, particularly in pursuit of violence, at least internationally.”

In an interview with Fox News earlier in the week, Obama himself refused to describe the Muslim Brotherhood as an Islamist threat. He also brushed off speculation that the Brotherhood will take over if Mubarak is toppled, arguing that the group is not a majority in Egypt. The president’s reasoning completely ignored the fact that neither Hamas nor Hizballah enjoy majority support among their respective peoples, yet managed to rise to power anyway.

The White House appears determined to downplay the severity of what a Muslim Brotherhood takeover would mean. But the Brotherhood itself has been kind enough to clarify exactly what it is all about.

In a recent interview with Japanese television, Rashad al-Bayumu, the group’s second-in-command, stated clearly that if the Brotherhood comes to power it will cancel Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel.

A few years ago, Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide Mohammed Mahdi ‘Akef told the Egyptian newspaper Al-Karama that ultimately, the Islamic, and not the Western, version of democracy will rule in Egypt.

The Muslim Brotherhood’s official website continues to promote jihad as the duty of all Muslims who wish to achieve global domination for their religion and the establishment of a new Islamic empire.

The book “Jihad is the Way,” written by former Brotherhood leader Mustafa Mashhur, continues to be a guiding text for the group. In it, Muslims are told that Allah wants them to use all means at their disposal to conduct jihad with the goal of eventual global domination. The book, which was written in 1995, has been translated by Palestinian Media Watch and is being posted online.

Israeli officials have expressed concern and even outrage at the behavior of the Obama Administration, warning that a Brotherhood-led Egypt, or even an Egypt under the influence of a Muslim Brotherhood operating behind the scenes would represent a new “Islamic Republic,” like Iran.

Israel has not been alone in feeling this way. The leaders of Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates all reportedly called Obama this week to urge him to lay off Mubarak, lest the Muslim Brotherhood move in to take his place."

[lindaeverchanging]

I wonder exactly what is Obama's true idea of democracy. I just do not understand how anyone who calls themself a believer in Jesus, has accepted Him as Lord and Saviour can be so blind?, ignorant?, a pawn?, or whatever it is that he seems to be about Israel and God. God help Israel and the Jewish people, and the people everywhere that Muslims are trying to take over...

[happysandyh]

Amen!

[Highly Favoured]

Thanks for sharing this, Sandy.

I used to sit next to a friend at work who is a Lebanese Christian. He watches Al-Jazeera tv and says that what gets translated into English is not always what was stated by the Arabic speaker.... he's very frustrated by the whole situation with Obama and what's happening in the Middle East.

[tschauzsaemme]

Obama seen as anxious for Islamist rule in Egypt

From all I heard Obama saying this is so not true.
Also we must remember, that Egypt is not US , and it is not Obamas job to say who dhall be president.

Mubarak had 30 years to fullfill his promises he made as becoming president,
he did not cared much. For many reason he only has to be blamed for the end.
btw, 30 years is enough- would anybody want Obama for 30years????