Posted on 02/11/2011 1:49:28 AM PST by Scanian
This is the caliber of personnel we have come to expect from the Obama Administration.
From Josh Gerstein at Politico :
"During a House Intelligence Committee hearing Thursday, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper called Egypt's branch of the Muslim Brotherhood movement 'largely secular.'
"In response to questioning from Rep. Sue Myrick (R-N.C.) about the threat posed by the group, Clapper suggested that the Egyptian part of the Brotherhood is not particularly extreme and that the broader international movement is hard to generalize about.
"'The term 'Muslim Brotherhood'...is an umbrella term for a variety of movements, in the case of Egypt, a very heterogeneous group, largely secular, which has eschewed violence and has decried Al Qaeda as a perversion of Islam,' Clapper said. 'They have pursued social ends, a betterment of the political order in Egypt, et cetera.....In other countries, there are also chapters or franchises of the Muslim Brotherhood, but there is no overarching agenda, particularly in pursuit of violence, at least internationally.'
"The Brotherhood uses the slogan, 'Islam is the answer,' and generally advocates for government in accordance with Islamic principles. The movement has as a broad goal unifying what it perceives as Muslim lands, from Spain to Indonesia, as a 'caliphate.'"
From the people who brought you the term "man-made disasters," "overseas contingency actions,"; andwho have done everything in their power to disabuse people of the odd notion that there is such a thing as "Islamic terrorism" (see their reaction to the Fort Hood shooting, for one example) comes the perverse and dangerous idea that the Muslim Brotherhood is "largely secular".
Patrick Moynihan would call this "defining deviancy down." Others might have more pointed terms.
What a maroon!
Between this fool and Panetta, we are so screwed on intelligence!
Yeah, like we are sooooooooooooooo
Generically speaking.
I prefer the Arabic term: Fooked!
They know the MB and they want them in for the abrogation of the Israeli-Egyptian Peace Treaty.
Here is the big question. As the demonstrators prayed in Tahrir Square just now (and now waving flags), how many WOMEN did anyone see? HELLOOOO>>>>?????Especially during the facing to Mecca and mass prayer by thousands?
I pointed that out to my Colombian sister-in-law the other day.
She said, “Wow-—almost no women! But Arabs are even more “machista” than Latins, so what can you expect?”
I told her to find herself sa Spanish Koran for informational purposes. (Though “Spanish Koran” sounds a bit oxymoronic)
The obama team is specialized in destroying internal political enemies and organizing their political allies.
Other than that, there really is no experience that counts for the job they have.
The boss is a community agitator with no necessary leadership experience for the job. So he had no clue on who to pick for other positions except people who agree with him. (reward his friends). We have a sec of state who got where she is by riding her husbands coattails. No experience there either. They are all good a giving speeches, but are absolutely lost in the current situation. So they are faking it. And their media is assisting them with this facade.
Problem is that mean ol mr. reality doesn’t play that game.
And we will be left to pay for the mess after the children retire and move on.
Clapper needs to resign and go back to working on his “sound activated flush toilet”
ITS JUST LIE AFTER LIE AFTER LIE... HOW LONG WILL WE TAKE THIS?
So, let's look at who is going to pay for what is happening in Egypt, and let's reflect on what this says about Zero:
1) Christians - “MB is ok, secular”, MB can have power. Islamic power rose and became more focused in Iraq after elections ... and Christians are being exterminated. This pattern will repeat in Egypt ... with 8-10 million Christians.
2) Israel - Zero and Hillary can't get their way with Israel and a peace treat to exalt themselves with. Exploding Egypt and halting energy exports to Israel and canceling the peace treaty could force Israel to the table.
3) Automobile owners - Suez canal is one of seven global energy “choke points” ... gasoline is going up. You can thank Zero directly.
What this says about Zero?
1) Christians - he is a puppet who does not care about Christianity; he will watch quietly while they are purged.
2) Israel - he is not their friend; Hillary has all but pledged allegiance to the PA
3) Gasoline - he already said he likes the idea of $9 gas
Hmmm. Bozo's administration also insist our southern border is secure and violence is not a problem.
I prefer the Arabic term: Fooked!
That would be the Irish term............
Clapper is as clueless as the magic Negro is.
> Obama’s Director of National Intelligence thinks Muslim Brotherhood is ‘largely secular’
That’s because James Clapper speaks fluent Moron and thinks everyone else does too.
I saw this last evening. It’s not even funny. It’s embarrassing!
ITS JUST LIE AFTER LIE AFTER LIE... HOW LONG WILL WE TAKE THIS?
Until it leads to the disaster that it is in fact leading to.
One commenter opined that Clapper knows very well what the MB is like but is playing the Regime game by talking PC crap.
Well, that is also STOOPID because he is displaying extreme US weakness to the entire world.
Of course, if Clapper is as anti-American as his boss, then he probably thinks he’s being a worldly sophisticate with that pro-MB BS.
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