Michael Totten interviews a high-ranking member of the Muslim Brotherhood;
Esam El-Erian: Look, sir. If you don’t dare to learn the truth about 9/11, we will. We were victims of this dirty and bloody crime.
MJT: You think you’re victims because Egypt was blamed?
Esam El-Erian: All the nation. The whole Arab and Muslim nation was called terrorists. And you put these nations under dictatorship to face this ghost.
MJT: We didn’t put Egypt under dictatorship.
Esam El-Erian: Your administration did.
MJT: Mubarak was already in power.
In point of fact, the Muslim Brotherhood itself put Vice-President Mubarack in power by murdering his predecessor, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.
Give that man a calendar for cryin' out loud.
The whole Muslim World is severely reality challenged. The nice about the Islamist taking over the Middle East is, as the Israelis have discovered, if you can't friends at least have enemies who are complete idiots.
BTW, this guy is mild compared to mainstream information in the Arab world, e.g. the Holocaust never happened and it's all a Jewish plot, the Jews control the US, the world, etc.
I can see why the Left aligns itself with guys like this: partners in moonbattery!
It reminds me of arguing with a leftie. As soon as they're cornered, the subject changes.
El-Erian's entire world view centers on Israel as the mortal enemy of the Arab world and America as its accomplice. People who think the MoBo is innocuous are patently delusional.
Esam El-Erian: I've made up my mind. Don't confuse me with facts.
I just loved how Esam was so adamant that the Palestinians NOT live anywhere but Israel!
I guess nobody in the Arab world wants them. I wonder why.
Somewhat unrelated...
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mosqueteria
Definition:
A blend of mosque and cafeteria coined by Mark Steyn in July 2011. The term is in reference to a Toronto public school cafeteria being requisitioned for Islamic prayer services during school hours.
Usage:
I'm pretty sure they don't serve kosher pickles in the mosqueteria any more.
dmorris, how true, and interestingly never brought up.
Then again those folks in the Middle East have tribal mentality, and are into believing the Palestinian tribe has its roots in Palestine, hence I can sort of reason why they don't want them in their own country.
But you and I know the Palestinians are not wanted because of the emotional and mental baggage they carry.
Partially due to self inflicted, partially due to inbreeding mentality.
Sorta like First Nations.
Unsurprisingly, President Bush's loud and unequivocal denial that Muslims-as-a-group were to blame for 9/11, (and associated actions, like "not attacking every Muslim country" and "defending Muslims in Iraq from other Muslims") had no effect at all.
Doubtless this will surprise the same people who are surprised by American popularity in the Arab world remaining low despite the President's name being Obama.
The perpetually aggrieved will be so in perpetuity.
It's their thing.
Sounds like every conversation I've had with a left (votes Liberal or Dipper) leaning Torontonian.
wait for it....Toronto's mosqueteria is just the start...
(CNS News) – A British Islamic group known for its provocative publicity stunts says a borough in northeast London will be the first target of a campaign to establish “emirates” in the country – Muslim enclaves where shari’a law is enforced.
Waltham Forest, an area identified in the most recent census figures available as having the fifth-biggest proportion of Muslims – 15 percent – of any local authority in England or Wales, has been singled out by radicals behind the group calling itself Muslims Against Crusades (MAC).
“As part of our Islamic Emirate Project, Waltham Forest is to be the first borough to be targeted for an intense shari’a led campaign, introducing the prospect of Islamic law for the Muslim community to abide by,” MAC said in a statement this week.
The project aims to “gradually transform Muslim communities into Islamic Emirates operating under shari’a law,” the group said.
“You are entering a Shariah controlled zone – Islamic rules enforced,” declares a poster supposedly to be distributed as part of the campaign.
The poster, depicted on MAC’s Web site, warns that alcohol, gambling, drugs, smoking, pornography, prostitution and music concerts will be prohibited.
MAC notes that Waltham Forest boasts a large number of Islamic businesses, schools and mosques, “making a transition into a thriving Islamic emirate, very real and plausible.”
Wow!
I've met a few (very few) guys as nutty as El-Ehrian in the ME but they weren't in potentially influential positions. Be afraid, Be very afraid.