Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Thomas Friedman, "Trust, but Verify": Deal With the Muslim Brotherhood in the Same Principled Way As Israel

Thomas Friedman is remarkably calling upon the US to handle the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in the same fashion that it deals with Israel.

In his latest New York Times op-ed, "Trust, but Verify" (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/opinion/trust-but-verify.html?ref=opinion), Friedman writes:

"Egypt is not destined to be Iran, but the Muslim Brotherhood is not destined to be the Muslim version of Christian Democrats either. There is an evolution under way — this is a very plastic moment — and our best chance of having an effect is to make sure we deal in a principled way with the Islamists (and also, by the way, with Israel, as the Islamists will be watching for any double standard) and with the Egyptian Army."

Absolutely, let's be certain that their are no double standards involving American dealings with Israel and its dealings with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Who cares if the Brotherhood's website "contains articles with antisemitic motifs, including Holocaust denial and descriptions of the 'Jewish character' as covetous, exploitative, and a source of evil in human society, . . . praise for jihad and martyrdom, and condemnation of negotiation as a means of regaining Islamic lands" (see: http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5992.htm#_ednref16)? Who cares if the Brotherhood and its partners, the Salafi Nour party, would make Sharia law an integral part of Egypt's new constitution? Under no circumstances should the US exhibit favoritism to democratic Israel.

Thanks, Tom. You're a gem!

1 comment:

  1. Verify this, Mr.Friedman:
    http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/3274.htm
    When he says "Yehud", that means Jews living in Bethesda, as well.

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