Suddenly, the Obama administration’s massive bet on the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and its elected president, Mohamed Morsi, is being seen for what it is: a mistake of epic proportions.
Anti-Islamist demonstrators recognize that they are about to lose their country, perhaps for decades to come. Their revolution has been hijacked by the Brotherhood, which is intent on replacing Hosni Mubarak’s secular tyranny with a religious one under their guy.
Sadly, those demonstrators are likely to be brutally repressed because in the Egyptian revolution – as in virtually all such upheavals – the winner generally turns out to be the most organized, the most disciplined and the most ruthless. In this case, that means the Muslim Brotherhood. And it behooves our government to protect us against such groups, not stand with or otherwise help them.
This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.
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