Yep. The biggest crook, and arguably the most dishonest US president ever, has actually had the nerve to speak about “change” again. CBC News reports that he declared that:
Egypt will not go back to what it was and is ready for political change, U.S. President Barack Obama said Sunday night, adding that the popular opposition group the Muslim Brotherhood does not have majority support in the country.
I am almost tempted to conclude that if Obama declares that the MB does not have majority support in the country, it probably does. Or at least a plurality. Of course, I understand Obama’s dilemma: since Hillary has stated that:
Today we learned the Muslim Brotherhood decided to participate, which suggests they at least are now involved in the dialogue that we have encouraged
Obama can hardly admit that the MB – which used to be banned by Mubark’s regime – is going to play a major political role.
And just to make sure that any tentative “change” is just like Obama himself – 100% Zio-compatible – Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff declared on US TV that:
One of my chief goals right now it to make sure we keep the lines of communications open, I have talked to my counterpart a couple of times. And also that we’ve got our military ready, should any kind of response or support be required
“Support”. Is that not wonderful? I am sure that he folks at Tahrir square at now very reassured that the US military is ready to provide them with “support”.
The most pathetic aspect of all that is that the very same US politicians will then say “they hate us for our freedoms” and that a lot of folks in the USA will believe it.
The success inside the US and Nato-land of the respective bait-and-switches performed by the GW Bush and Obama administrations is, to me anyway as a Westerner, both baffling and most impressive. My favorite Wikileaks tidbit is from Germany and has the US ambassador reporting on the embassy visit of Gregor Gysi, one of the leaders of the post-Communist Linkspartei. Gysi assures the ambassador that all the noises about leaving NATO that come out of his party are bogus and merely there to keep the members happy. The party leadership would never push any of that, if they were ever to become part of a German government.
The Obama administration might be prepared to tolerate a managed democracy in Egypt provided it could be trusted not to give Israel problems.
As for how long people will be fooled by Mr Change Wall Street can believe in well its anyone’s guess. I’m reminded of Malcolm X’s remark about the conservative wolf and the liberal fox playing the same game.
Robert, you’re absolutely right on the money…
Guthman,
What else do you expect from Gysi…?
Gysi is Jewish and an ex-communist from East Germany, always speaking from both sides of his ugly mouth. He is a FAKE.
Dear Saker,
Look at this…
http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2011/feb/05/washingtons-secret-history-muslim-brotherhood/
My interest is in the US connections, not the author’s spin…
Cheers,
Joe
I am almost tempted to conclude that if Obama declares that the MB does not have majority support in the country, it probably does.
I don’t know how much support the MB has in Egypt, but if they are willing to negotiate with this criminal regime within a framework supported by the US while people are dying in the streets, that is not a good sign. The US is not an honest broker, and I can’t see US involvement in any negotiation producing anything positive for the Egyptian people but a few token “reforms” which leave the existing pro-US/Israel power structure intact. I can’t imagine Hezbollah agreeing to US-sponsored negotiations on the price of toothpaste, let alone the fate of the nation.
Sarakenos over at Kabobfest has an interesting take on the MB that is definitely worth a read:
http://www.kabobfest.com/2011/02/muslim-brotherhood-at-mubaraks-banquet.html
“Only a traitor would refer to the Egyptian Revolution as “the Egyptian Crisis,” the likes of Al-Arabiya News Channel, funded by Saudi Arabia. The Muslim Brotherhood representatives to Al-Jazeera have been consistently referring to it as a “crisis” that Egyptians need to get out of.”