Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Sick Minds of Advice

This is madness:-

U.S. open to a role for Islamists in new Egypt government

But the Muslim Brotherhood must renounce violence and support democracy, the White House says.

But? But what?

The story:

The Obama administration said for the first time that it supports a role for groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood, a banned Islamist organization, in a reformed Egyptian government.

The organization must reject violence and recognize democratic goals if the U.S. is to be comfortable with it taking part in the government, the White House said...

Monday's statement was a "pretty clear sign that the U.S. isn't going to advocate a narrow form of pluralism, but a broad one," said Robert Malley, a Mideast peace negotiator in the Clinton administration. U.S. officials have previously pressed for broader participation in Egypt's government.

The George W. Bush administration pushed Mubarak for democratic reforms, but a statement in 2005 by then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice did not specifically address a role for Islamists.

"This is different," said Malley, now with the International Crisis Group. "It has a real political edge and political meaning."

The Muslim Brotherhood as a symbol of pluralism?

Renouncing violence?

What sick minds are advising America?

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