ElBaradei Quits Egyptian Presidential Election

Arutz Sheva ^ | 14/1/12 | Chana Yaar

[Eleutheria5]

Mohamed ElBaradei has dropped out of the running as a candidate in the Egyptian presidential race.

The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former head of the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency announced his decision Saturday.

"My conscience does not permit me to run for the presidency or any other official position unless it is within a democratic framework," ElBaradei said in a statement reported by the Los Angeles Times, adding that the ruling military council still had too much control over Egypt.

The council, which in the past has said it will step aside when a new president is elected in June, is behaving "as if no revolution took place and no regime has fallen," ElBaradei said.

But the truth is more complex. ElBaradei has spent years living abroad, in a more secular, Western-style environment. When he returned in January 2011 to help lead the revolution in Cairo's Tahrir Square, he was welcomed by the youth and by the liberal movements.

His National Front for Change party did not do well in elections, however, and he has never appeared comfortable at massive rallies. In the recent parliamentary elections, the formerly outlawed, more radical Islamist Muslim Brotherhood swept into power, winning at least 45 percent of the seats and making it unlikely that ElBaradei's style of government will be welcomed.

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[Eleutheria5]

Aw, snap. Has he figured out that he's a patsy yet?

[BenLurkin]

Sounds like the just did...and he is headed for the exit before teh he loses his head.

[freedumb2003]

>>Mohamed ElBaradei has dropped out of the running as a candidate in the Egyptian presidential race.<<

I wonder if he will just shift to run in the USA Presidential Election. He meets the same residency requirement as our current one.

[Paladin2]

ElBaradei actually has some scruples?

[antidemoncrat]

Wasn't he in charge of the UN IAEA that a few years ago said Iran was not really trying to develop nuclear weapons? I think he is unhappy that the military is interfering with the Muslim Brotherhood's plans to implement Sharia Law in Egypt.

[Eleutheria5]

Got the same stupid prize for doing nothing, too.

[Eleutheria5]

No, but he plays somebody with scruples on western TV.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Quitter!

[dfwgator]

[alloysteel]

“Democratic reform” and Islam are almost polar opposites.

Islam and its enforcement doctrine, Shari’a law, have no use for any dissenting opinions, and certainly do not support “voice of the people”. Conformity and obedience are the crowning virtues of that system, with a defacto caste system, divided from the Noble Islamic Gentlemen, the dhimmi (which includes the entire female gender), and the kufir, the infidels who do not accept the Muslim supremacy, and are fit only as chained slaves or dead.

They have never left the Seventh Century.

[FlingWingFlyer]

The worse thing you can do is put a “Nobel Peace Prize laureate” in charge of running your country. They are all commie ***holes.

[RedMDer]

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Eleutheria5.

...adding that the ruling military council still had too much control over Egypt... ElBaradei has spent years living abroad, in a more secular, Western-style environment... in Cairo's Tahrir Square, he was welcomed by the youth and by the liberal movements. His National Front for Change party did not do well in elections, however, and he has never appeared comfortable at massive rallies... the formerly outlawed, more radical Islamist Muslim Brotherhood swept into power, winning at least 45 percent of the seats and making it unlikely that ElBaradei's style of government will be welcomed.

I highlighted the buried lead. So, he'll have to fall back on his other line of work, helping Islamofascist regimes build nuclear weapons.