On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: > > If the US's ally in Egypt had not killed or locked up all the moderate > opposition, the radical Muslim Brotherhood would not now be the only > opposition party would they. >
As we can see, they aren't the only oppositional party, just the strongest. Radicals are always stronger than non-radicals by the very nature of their zealotry. The Muslim Brotherhood is smart, patient, and totally dedicated to their cause. They're willing to kill for it (Sadat was killed by them) and are willing to die for it (they support suicide bombings). > > So now are we advocating keeping a dictator in power because the only > option right now is a radical/terrorist opposition? > No, but just making a sweeping change without control is a recipe for disaster. As we can see from their own words, the Muslim Brotherhood would love to cancel a peace deal that's been on for a long time and is one of the keys to middle east peace. They want war. They've said so quite clearly more than once. Is that who you want to sweep into office? Slow and steady change vs. total disruption. > Neither is acceptable. > > Michael....SUDAN can forge a two state solution...wtf is wrong with > Israel and Palestine? > Totally different situations. The Sudan is a single country splitting in half due to what amounts to religious motivated war which includes true ethnic cleansing in Darfur. Israel is an issue of disputed lands which would go towards building a Palestinian state if an agreement could be reached (and Hamas decided to have peace rather than continual attacking Israel). Remove Hamas (a Muslim Brotherhood organization) and peace is quite a few steps closer. Israel has given a ton of land over to autonomous control and has offered a ton more if Abbas (who has no actual mandate) would sign a peace deal. But will it be real peace or a piece of paper. With the events in Egypt, the whole negotiations are on shaky ground. Even Abbas is running scared as he's banned gatherings and protests supporting what's happening in Egypt. But because you don't see it in the mainstream media, you don't compare it to what's happening in Egypt (or other places not on the front page of a paper). > > On 8 February 2011 16:24, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > For those who are lulled by soft peddling of the Muslim Brotherhood by > the > > media and US governments, you can use their own words to see their > > intentions when it comes to peace with Israel. Remember that Hamas is the > > Brotherhoods Palestinian chapter (again, in their own words) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:334117 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
