The “transition” has already been made. An election was held. The Brotherhood won.
Talk of “bolstering the transition to democracy” are weasel words, because what is really meant here is helping the Brotherhood, the beneficiaries of democracy, stay in power.
Obama joins Qatar, the other major backer of the Arab Spring, in a Muslim Brotherhood bailout. The reason for that is that Egypt is on the edge of fuel and food shortages that may bring down the country and the Muslim Brotherhood with it.
When the Soviet Bolsheviks faced famine, the United States took the lead in sending them food aid. That kept the Bolsheviks in power and led to a nuclear standoff decades later. Bailing out the Muslim Brotherhood so that they can stay in power in Egypt might have consequences that are just as devastating.
And the Obama Administration is now busy leading American companies to Egypt to do business with the Brotherhood.
Hoping to capitalize on what they see as a ripening investment climate, the State Department and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will take executives from nearly 50 American companies, like Caterpillar and Xerox, to Cairo beginning Saturday as part of one of the largest trade delegations ever. The officials and executives will urge the government to make changes in taxation, bankruptcy and labor laws to improve the investment climate.
Are any of these companies, being led like lambs to the slaughter, being told that under Islamic law, their rights will be significantly inferior to those of Muslims?
Just like the USSR, the Brotherhood expects the West to bail out its regime and stabilize it, while promising stability and a friendly environment. And then the hammer comes down. History is repeating itself once again.
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Frontpage Magazine/aina