If you are like me…I am wondering what happened in two years for the Brotherhood to go from terrorist to good guy…..
This a pretty good op-ed….check it out and then get back to me…..
Opinion: Why is the West bowing before the Brotherhood? | ASHARQ AL-AWSAT.
We all know the story…..Egypt erupted in revolution and Mubarak had to go….they had an election and the Muslim Brotherhood won…..then they had to go….and now the country is controlled by the army as it was in the 60’s…..but the question is….what to do about Egypt?
A recent poll was taken asking if the Prez was doing all he could for the Egyptian people…..50% said not enough…..12% said to tough……,showing that the American people want the Prez to do more to help Egypt in its time of need.
First, about 70% of the responders could not find Egypt on a map…….second, these people are defending the Brotherhood because they were elected…..just 2 short years ago they were on the Terrorist list……and why is Hamas, which is on the list, not given the same defense after all they were elected by the people….okay my soap box is closed for now….
Let me help a bit…….
Most people are screaming for the cut off of US aid, about $1.5 billion, tyo Egypt to punish them for this coup……there is a problem there…..the US will cut a deal with Saudi Arabia or some other Oil kingdom to make up the shortfall to Egypt for future considerations….it will be a good propaganda talking point but in reality the Egyptian military will continue to get their aid….people need to stop and smell the fecal matter!
The American people, according to polls, wants the US to be more involved……what does that mean? Egypt is for the people of that country and any attempt to influence them into doing what we want is tantamount to imperialism in the making….and that could be extremely devastating to Egypt as well as the US….look at Iran….we were actively involved in the making the Shah the leader and in turn a dictator….and how did that work out for us in 1979?
Let Egypt solve their own problems……..in the end the Egyptian people will get the government they deserve……whether you like it or not. US meddling can only be harmful…..as it has been in the past.
We have had the presidential debates for well over 100 years, but in the last 50 years it has become a joke….they are NOT debates….they are allowing candidates to give talking points and when you have more then 3 people on a stage then it is a circus, NOT a debate…all that aside….we have had a scenario playing out where a couple of networks will be airing a biopic of Clinton, Hillary not Bill, and the RNC sees it as a way to promote her as an anointed winner……(in case anyone is interested, I believe that the biopic will be produced by FOX, but that is somehow okay)……
Any way the head man of the RNC is turning this into a clown act……he wanted the RNC summer meeting to vote to not allow these two networks to ask questions in the upcoming endless season of debates……he has an answer to the gaping hole of creditable questioners……
Report from the Washington Examiner:
The Republican National Committee, already threatening to block CNN and NBC from hosting 2016 primary debates if they air planned features on Hillary Clinton, is also looking to scrap the old model of having reporters and news personalities ask the questions at candidate forums.
Miffed that their candidates were singled out for personal questions or CNN John King’s “This or That,” when he asked candidates quirky questions like “Elvis or Johnny Cash,” GOP insiders tell Secrets that they are considering other choices, even a heavyweight panel of radio bigs Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin.
They told Secrets that they are eager to bring in questioners who understand Republican policies and beliefs and who have the ability to get candidates to differentiate their positions on core conservative values.
The move comes as several conservatives are pressuring the party to have Limbaugh, Hannity and Levin ask the debate questions. “It makes a lot of sense. We’d get a huge viewership, they’d make a lot of news and maybe have some fun too,” said one of the advocates of the radio trio hosting debates.
Now there is an idea….allow the media spokespersons for the Right to ask sofball questions…that ought to be informative, that is assuming that Repubs want to be informed….
Meanwhile back at the summer meeting……..
Report from The Washington Post:
The Republican National Committee formally decided Friday not to partner with CNN and NBC News for any presidential primary debates during the 2016 election cycle, a rebuke of the networks’ plans to air programs about Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Top RNC leaders voted unanimously on a resolution stating that the national party will not partner with the networks nor sanction any primary debates they plan to sponsor and broadcast.
Cable and broadcast television networks have sponsored and produced dozens of presidential primary debates during the recent presidential election cycles, often partnering with state parties or other political organizations in order to draw candidates to the televised events. During the 2012 cycle, top networks sponsored at least 20 debates that stretched from May 2011 to February 2012; CNN hosted seven debates, while NBC News, CNBC or MSNBC hosted four.
The networks do not need the permission of the RNC to host such debates, but the resolution approved Friday likely will prompt state party officials and other conservative organizations to not sponsor, sanction or attend any debates hosted by NBC or CNN and thus keep candidates from attending.
In an early sign of the resistance the two networks might face in early primary states, officials with the New Hampshire Republican Party said the RNC “was right to raise concerns” and that it agreed with plans not to partner with CNN or NBC.
Party officials approved the resolution Friday morning in Boston at the RNC’s annual summer meeting.
You see this is cover for the front runners……they can refuse to debate saying the party has forbid it….a cowards way out but it will be effective…..just another attempt to keep dumb asses from putting their foot in their mouths on national TV….
This is all so much theater…..just another way of avoiding dealing with problems and offering solutions….all this just helps them lose yet another election….