Michele Bachmann Suggests Muslim Brotherhood To Blame For 9/11, Thanks Egyptian Military For Coup

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

Source: Huffington Post


Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) suggested the Muslim Brotherhood was behind the 9/11 attacks during a press conference in Egypt on Saturday.

"We have seen the threat that the Muslim Brotherhood has posed here for the people in Egypt. We have seen the threat that the Muslim Brotherhood has posed around the world," Bachmann said. "We stand against this great evil. We are not for them. We remember who caused 9/11 in America. We remember who it was that killed 3,000 brave Americans. We have not forgotten.”

The Muslim Brotherhood denounced the attacks shortly after they occurred, with several leaders saying they were "horrified by the events" of September 11.

Bachmann, accompanied by Reps. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Steve King (R-Iowa), thanked the Egyptian military for the coup and crackdowns against the Muslim Brotherhood, which she called the "common enemy" of Egypt and the U.S. The Washington Post reports the video was apparently taken a few hours after meeting with coup leader General Abdel Fatah el-Sissi in Cairo.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/09/michele-bachmann-911_n_3893575.html

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Bachmann has said in the past that America may have deserved 9/11 and that the attacks were "God's judgment":

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn, said that the attacks that took place on September 11, and in Benghazi, were judgments from God.
According to Salon, Bachman said that it was not a secret that the United States will be experiencing the hand of judgement, and that many are concerned that the country may be in a time of decline. Bachman was speaking at a prayer event in D.C.

Read more: http://digitaljournal.com/article/349970#ixzz2eQHESEXq

Does this mean that she and Gomer are officially endorsing the Muslim Brotherhood?

[shenmue]

1. She is nuttier than crunchy peanut butter

Why do people elect her? Why? Do they want Armageddon that much?

[bluesbassman]

3. I have a fundy sister that lives in her gerrymandered district.

It's really that simple. The fundies will vote against anybody who doesn't tow the evangelical line, and vote for any bible thumper, regardless of their ability to actually do the job.

[shenmue]

4. What a shame

[bluesbassman]

6. Indeed it is. Otherwise intelligent people who buy into perverted scriptural interpretations...

on a lot of subjects. I'd blame their pastors, leaders, etc., but it really comes down to critical thinking. If you can't resolve your faith to the realities of modern life and society, you're doomed to being led by people with a twisted agenda.

[freshwest]

44. You nailed it. OTOH, there are the former churched and resentful who've fallen under Beck's spell.

My sister falls under that label now. She really has nothing to complain about financially, yet her focus is on all the 'others' who are 'robbing' her. She preaches Tea Party and sees them as victims persecuted by liberals and by extension, herself.

As a child, she got role models from movies and advertising. Later she found identity with some psuedo-knowledge from science fiction television and fell into Beck's lap that way.

Now the Tea Party is her religion, God is nominal since she never followed scripture nor read the Bible or allowed its tenets to guide her life, but sees Him as the sole property of the right.

And Obama, liberals and Democrats are the Devil. She is mean-spirited and grasping and has many rules for other people to save her tax money. But has been supported on and off by government but it's 'different' when she gets it.

Frankly, I think I'd prefer your sister.

[bluesbassman]

48. That's the funny thing, fundy notwithstanding, my sis is the sweetest person on earth...

I just think she bought the evangelical right's propaganda regarding liberals and progressives.

[Thor_MN]

17. Same for me, except that I have two of them.

[atreides1]

5. Yes

There seems to be a growing number of "Christians" that would like to see Armageddon happen!

[gordianot]

26. Who really think they will be sucked up to better digs (just) before it happens.

My wife's niece went on constantly about the popular "christianesque" fiction she was reading. We have not had to listen to that delusion in our house for the last 8 years. I must admit I played my part in making that happen.

[Berlin Expat]

45. And that's just it.....

this whole "rapture" nonsense, which mostly comes from the Scofield Reference Bible.

A lot of these folks thinks they're gonna be whisked up into the air just before the SHTF.

[warrant46]

20. Can you say --BatShit Crazy?

[Scairp]

42. Hasn't she resigned?

Why is she still getting any attention from the media or anyone else? Can't we just breathe a sigh of relief and try to move on?

[freshwest]

46. She and hubby are facing federal charges if former news stories here hold true. She may want to make

the case (a poor one) that she's being targeted for political reasons instead of typical rightwing grifting. The more attention she can get in the media to make her seem like a political figure instead of being a person promoted past their ability to perform any usueful task, she may keep out of prison.

[hue]

2. Hasn't Michele been confined to an insane asylum yet???

[jmowreader]

22. Depending on how good her lawyer is...

she might escape being confined to a federal prison.

[R Merm]

7. Is she working on her insanity defense for her upcoming trial? eom

[Marie Marie]

21. She can say anything she wants -

as long as she is saying it from her jail cell.

[Jackpine Radical]

27. Best line of the day.

[Kennah]

49. Doesn't need to do any work on it. Everyone knows that she's crazy.

[Bluzmann57]

8. If the "Muslim Brotherhood" was behind 9/11, then Bin laden didn't do it

And that means President Barack Obama had the wrong creature killed. And George W Bush also blamed the wrong thing. In other words, everyone but her, king, and gomer were wrong and al quida are the good guys. Bachmann should probably just shut up.

[mallard]

39. Re: It's ok to speculate about others being to blame for 9/11 ....

... so long as it's other Muslims. Expression of concern that others who've actually benefitted from the events and kept well clear of any liability for a 'successful' false flag attack, taking public attention away from Enron and empowering the neocons in a rush to war, Bush crying 9/11, 9/11 all the way ... that's just conspiracy theory. Yes, officially it was mostly suicidal Saudis, many of whom had their passports stolen when reporting to still be alive. It had to be Muslims anyhow, a Koran was found in Muhamed Atta's parked car. Bachman's cozying this way with the coupsters in Cairo doesn't make the who's-to-blame case any stronger.
Take another look, people. It's not right to blame the wrong people and ... let the others off the hook.

[Bluzmann57]

47. Um...sorry you misunderstood my post

I was trying to point out how ridiculous Bachmann sounds. But never mind. Take it easy.

[Cryptoad]

9. Somebody please take her Passport away from her! Geeez

[cstanleytech]

15. Hey, I am going to have to draw the line at that and say no to taking her passport.

After all without how can she leave the country for good to grace some more deserving nation with her wisdom?

[Cryptoad]

18. HOw abouts

taking up her passport while she is out of country?

[Kennah]

50. I was thinking take sharp objects away from her

[gopiscrap]

10. What a whack job!

[burnsei sensei]

11. 15/19 of the hijackers came from Saudi Arabia,

our "good ally." Our "stand up guy," our "go-to kingdom," and our check against Syrian and Iranian power.

[wildwww2]

14. Yes! Too bad this will never be talked about on the news hour.

The Saudi government is not our friend. They think USA stands for Under Saudi Arabia.
Peace
Wildman

[Igel]

12. It's hard to not just hit your head against the wall.

Qutb was an important intellectual figure in the founding of the Brotherhood.

Also of the Taliban.

And AQ likes Qutb. A lot.

But the Ikhwan have changed a bit and don't go with the most extreme interpretations of Qutb.

So Bachmann's, well, being Bachmann. It's sort of the etymological fallacy applied to organizations.

Then there's the reflex "if a Muslim is being accused of being bad, we must protect him and say he's good." At the same time you have to condemn the Ikhwan and justify the coup in Egypt, but you just don't want to be on the same side as Bachmann. It remains true that a lot of Ikhwan folk partied hardy on 9/11 (well, 9/12, given the time difference and the whole starting-the-day-at-sundown business). A defensive reaction was to condemn 9/11. The defense was two pronged--"Islam doesn't countenance this" (party on!) and "Muslims didn't do it." Yeah, it's schizophrenic, but any one group was only likely to perceive one prong.

[burnsei sensei]

19. We have a peculiar belief, though, in the West.

Then there's the reflex "if a Muslim is being accused of being bad, we must protect him and say he's good."

The individual Muslim cannot escape responsibility for what he does. For those of us who have a religious interpretation of the world as Westerners, that's true even if the person dies in his wrongdoing. No one can just do what he pleases. The use of arbitrary and irresponsible power is almost universally despised in human history.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

25. Qutb wanted the Arab world to modernize but feared them becoming selfish materialists....

It is a typical attitude of the wealthy to see everyone else as merely "The Masses" that need to be lead.

He did the same thing the Republicans did here, he decided to rally everyone together using the already established organization of religion. The ones who were willing to jump on board were the extremists who wanted to impose their doctrine and replace the law of the land. Just like here.

[Snake Plissken]

13. If Batshit crazy could take steroids it would be Michele Bachmann, too bad she'll never go to prison

There is no way a jury could ever convict her of a crime.

She is the poster child for 'Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity'

[cstanleytech]

16. More like

she is a poster child for mandatory birth control.

[Left Coast2020]

37. Or in a poster for remake of "One Flew Over Cuckoos Nest II"

[Kennah]

51. I was thinking "Not Reasonable through Insane Guilt"

[Pennie109]

23. All three of them are nuts.

Louie Gohmert is nuttier than a fruitcake and Steve King is creepy. Michelle? Well, what can one say?

Donna

[dotymed]

24. Does this mean that she and Gomer are officially endorsing the Muslim Brotherhood?

Logically, they must have been the hand of God on that day.....

IMO, the boosh administration was playing the part on 9-11.

Another "crazy truther"...

[The Wizard]

28. This is all a setup

so she can claim insanity when prosecuted for crimes against the people.
Push 1 if you think Michele Bachmann is insane.
Push 2 if you think she's a skilled liar and grifter.

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

36. I will push

Three!

[paulrandfu]

29. Crazy eyes forgot to mention that

the Christian fanatics in this country have a history of murder and forcing their archaic laws on the population also. Maybe we COULD learn from the Egyptian Military after all.

[judesedit]

30. Apparently still in the dark about 9/11 truthPoor soulWonder how she thinks the 3rd tower fellGiants

push it over?

[onwardsand upwards]

31. We have not forgotten ..

... just mis-remembered.

[the_sly_pig]

32. Judgement from Ghaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad......

I will certainly miss how after reading or seeing Michele, I received such enjoyment from shiny things.

[randr]

33. Too bad we can't just change the locks when she leaves the country

[yuiyoshida]

34. She really seems

insane.

[niyad]

40. welcome to DU.

insane is such a mild term for the mental derangement that is michele, and louie, and steve, and. . well--the whole bunch.

I keep thinking that the words we have are too mild to fully encompass the craziness, the hatred, the ugliness and total lack of any shred of humanity in the reichwingnutjobs.

[burnsei sensei]

35. What has improved as a result of this coup in Egypt?

Nothing.
Christians are being forced to pay jizya, just as the extremist Muslims wanted.
Sinai has become a war zone.
There is absolutely no evidence that the country is at peace with itself or anyone else.
There is no evidence that it is any more democratic.
For all that has been accomplished, there may as well not have been any coup at all.

[Lonr]

38. If you want to understand who was resposible for 9/11

you need look no further than our own CIA

[niyad]

41. by the way, is it just because it's late--or does crazyeyes look even stranger than usual in that

pic? that isn't a smile--that is some weird arrangement of facial muscles. creepy.

[tavernier]

43. You are all just jealous

because you don't have a divine dancing husband who is NOT gay, despite vicious rumors.