Congressman: US Must Keep Muslim Brothers From Egypt Gov't

[Purveyor]

WASHINGTON – The new chairman of the US House’s Middle East subcommittee blasted the Obama administration on Friday for not taking a tougher line against the Muslim Brotherhood and its possible inclusion in the next Egyptian government.

“I think we ought to be very clear that the Muslim Brotherhood should not be part of a future government in Egypt,” Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), 58, told The Jerusalem Post in his first interview with an Israeli paper since becoming chairman of the US House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia.

The US should condition aid to Egypt – now at around $1.5 billion a year – on whether the Muslim Brotherhood ends up in the government, Chabot said.

“They’re about Shari’a law, they’re about suppressing women’s rights, and I don’t think that we ought to condone that, I don’t think that ought to be any part of the future of Egypt,” he said. “We might not have the power to implement the US program, but I think with our support – financial and otherwise – that we can maybe encourage things that would ultimately be in their best long-term interests, and Israel’s and the United States’.”

Chabot criticized the Obama administration for not being bold enough in its position on the Brotherhood, and argued that the US weakness on this issue has emboldened Iran and other enemies of America who were calculating how to take advantage of the unrest.

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http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=210923

[The Magistrate]

1. This One, Sir, is Dimmer Than The General Run

Our 'aid' to Egypt is essentially a bribe to its government to maintain the peace with Israel. If the Moslem Brotherhood does take some place in a future Egyptian government, he proposes to remove about the only reason that element would have for hewing to a policy he desires above all things....

[bemildred]

5. Delusions of grandeur too, apparently. nt

[Rick Myers]

2. The Stupid is strong in this one...

The Muslim Brotherhood has already said they don't think they would have a candidate in any Egyptian election...

[JI7]

3. how would that ugly fuck feel if some foreigner said wingnuts should be kept out of govt in US

[Arkana]

4. What is this anti-Sharia law bent they keep going on?

All these retard states passing laws against it--like these people have NOTHING better to do with their time?

[Brother Buzz]

6. Sharia law is the newest dog whistle Frank Luntz rolled out last year

The new bogyman, don't you know? It appears his subjects seem to know more about Sharia law then their own Constitution.