I disagree. IF the Muslim Brotherhood takes over both Libya and Egypt, both will revert to poisonous "frontline states" and there will be a new war with Israel -- and the United States, this time, will be Israel's sole support. With Obama in the White House, think what that means. I'm convinced that he is committed to Israel's destruction. I don't know if he is a devout "secret" Moslem, or simply sympathetic because of his curriculum vitae to the Islamist cause, or if he is simply a subornee and creature of Islamism and rich Wahhabists.
The MB, you will recall, is not a mere corresponding movement of, but is actually a wellspring of, Al-Q'aedism. Abu Ayman may be a loudmouth and a kind of opportunist -- the Kato Kaelin of terrorism -- but his presence at the side of Osama Bin Laden is hugely significant for the identity of MB with the leadership of the worldwide jihadist terror movement.
Let’s take a step back.
I am in the habit of buying the end of the year edition of ‘the Economist’ in which the key issues for the following year are discussed. The smart folks at the ‘the Economist’ had absolutely no clue that some serious was brewing in the Arab World.
And most of us didn’t.
Let us be humble enough to say we don’t really understand what is going on.
The second point is what exactly is the US Government supposed to do if Egyptians wanted Mubarak to leave - insist that he stays?
Do you know enough about the Egyptian army to know whether they would sit back and allow the MB to rule Egypt? I accept that the secular coalition in Egypt is disorganised, but remember that Mubarak’s people are still in power and Mubarak hated the brothers.