Posted on 03/25/2011 1:09:46 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
You don’t say! This must come as quite a shock to certain experts who assured us that the Ikhwan was a mostly secular movement. Even some hard-nosed realists might find themselves a bit surprised at how quickly the nature of the Egyptian revolution changed after Hosni Mubarak fled:
In post-revolutionary Egypt, where hope and confusion collide in the daily struggle to build a new nation, religion has emerged as a powerful political force, following an uprising that was based on secular ideals. The Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group once banned by the state, is at the forefront, transformed into a tacit partner with the military government that many fear will thwart fundamental changes.
It is also clear that the young, educated secular activists who initially propelled the nonideological revolution are no longer the driving political force — at least not at the moment.
As the best organized and most extensive opposition movement in Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood was expected to have an edge in the contest for influence. But what surprises many is its link to a military that vilified it.
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
And it is ever thus.
And these "secular activists" will soon be lining up at the US Embassy, begging for their one-way visas before they are shot or put in jail. I say no - you guys started it, now you have to stay and finish it.
Inconceivable!
Yeah. Surprisingly. Not.
Well I guess Samantha Powers is going to have her mega army to invade Israel now.
Way to go Obama,I guess Glenn Beck is the only one who has made the connection,you can see this happening right in front of your eyes. I doubt we will even have an election in 2012
make it obamas an the democrats, seamless. this will go bad and it has to be theirs. on their watch, same with QA an libia
Surely you must be joking
They’re surprised.
Circulation down.
I’m not surprised.
Isn’t this what NATO is promoting right now in Libya — Muslim Brotherhood over Daffy? Non-Muslims fighting to spread Islam just like in the Balkans.
Everything that happens on The Wan's watch is Unexpected.
Liberals face each dawn as if it were the beginning of the first day in human history. It never occurs to them that the reason past administrations left certain unesthetic leaders in power is that those guys were better than the alternative. So... great... now we got the alternative that administrations for decades have been able to avoid.
and they did it without US air support. Think how much easier they will have it in Libya
Neo-conservatism - the triumph of hope over experience (but only in minds of neo-conservatives - in reality, experience continues to thrash hope like a red-headed stepchild).
Me too. Who could have seen this coming?
Within 8 years this planet will be involved in all out, open warfare with islam and those Countrys that are ruled by it.
islam is slaughtering Christians openly now all over the planet.
Christians will soon have to face the fact that islam seeks to destroy them and the Jews and WILL NEVER STOP.
Time for the CRUSADES to begin again
Exactly as Mubarkek predicted.
Exactly as Mubarek predicted.
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