Tag: Egypt

Catching Up

Egypt > Morsi played his hand too early and now he is having to fold. Egyptians need to realize that was simply one hand of many to follow and if he has any wits about him, he has learned from this go around. MB will not give up, they have waited for something like 70 years if I remember correctly. Nevertheless like most people from the Middle East, they know and play the long game.

Syria > I honestly don’t believe Assad will use the chemical weapons on his people. That would give justification to the outside forces like the US to get involved in the affairs of the country and surely his removal as the nation’s head.  That “said”, I would not be surprised if some of these weapons ended up being used against Israel, of course, accidentally.

Fiscal cliff > O will get what he wants. He is not in the game now with a seeking reelection weight hanging over him like the Congress does. I think an executive order will be used to provide tax cuts to the middle class if Boehner and the House doesn’t cave in to O. The Dems want the cut in military spending among other things. Those making over 250K are expected to pay more in taxes. O will get what he wants. Going over the fiscal cliff is the goal so as to put a millstone around the Republicans heads so in two years the Dems will have ownership of both houses of Congress. Then O will have his remaining two years to push measures uninterrupted as long as the rest of the Dems are onboard

Good column about Israel’s situation. I’m not a Friedman fan but this column lacks his commentary and provides the facts and gist of the situation.

Also further proof positive that Hamas is not the peaceful answer or serious partner in peace.

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Over-reach

A good article that summarizes and reports on the events in Egypt since the new power-grab by Islamist Morsi. Interesting that buried in the article is a statement that many equate the MB as an arm of our president’s administration.

It seems to me that Morsi actions were taken because he believed he gained political, international and popular capital with his work in bringing a peace treaty between Gaza and Israel and was anxious to use it immediately.

The Islamist will require an Islamist constitution in Egypt and when that work is completed and officially adopted then the people of Egypt will see what Morsi and the MB were all about.

 

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Mursi and MB continue moving to consolidate power and insulate themselves as the leadership in Egypt. O’s victor has given himself more powers and squelched secularists in the country.

From Reuters:

“As well as ordering retrials for Mubarak-era officials responsible for violence during the uprising against his rule, the decree shielded from legal challenge an Islamist-dominated assembly writing Egypt’s new constitution.

It gave the same protection to the upper house of parliament, dominated by Islamists allied to Mursi, and assigned the president new powers that allowed him to sack the Mubarak-era prosecutor general and appoint a new one.

It stated that all decisions taken by Mursi until the election of a new parliament were exempt from legal challenge.

Presented as a move to “protect the revolution”, the decree won immediate praise from Mursi’s allies but stoked fears among secular-minded Egyptians that the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies aim to dominate the new Egypt. It seemed likely to deepen the divisions that have plagued the post-Mubarak era.”

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Hamas started firing missiles into Israel. After about three days of this Israel was able to target and kill the Hamas so called military leader. Hundreds of missiles are fired on Israel each day for the past week. Israel has slowly begun calculated strikes at areas where they have determined missiles are being fired from. Of course the Hamas being the cowards and murders that they are – place their missile and troops housing in the subdivisions (so to speak) of Hamas as protection via human shields. So daycare, schools and hospitals are the shields for these cowards.

Note in the article that MB leader of Egypt calls Israel “occupiers”.

Note that Hamas and Egypt position Israel as the aggressor in this past week’s activity.

There will be no peace in Israel as long as Hamas, MB and Hezbollah are allowed to exist in the region.

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Ayman al-Zawahri has called on Muslims

(Reuters) – Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has called on Muslims to kidnap Westerners, join Syria’s rebellion and to ensure Egypt implements sharia law.

2 cents: note the Islamist desire for sharia law in Egypt which is a MB unstated goal. He wants Syria to fall and be an Islamist nation which I’m sure is another MB goal.

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See!

ISLAMISTS INSTALLED IN EGYPT STATE INSTITUTIONS

excerpt:
“CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Islamist leadership took a new move Tuesday to put its stamp on the country’s government, appointing members of the fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood as provincial governors and installing ultraconservatives and other Islamists in the state’s top human rights body and a powerful media council.”

2 cents: Remember the CES wanted MB in control.

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