{"id":19059,"date":"2012-08-17T21:11:40","date_gmt":"2012-08-18T01:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=19059"},"modified":"2012-09-21T19:06:58","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T23:06:58","slug":"obama-backed-muslim-brotherhood-begins-crucifixions-and-torture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2012\/08\/obama-backed-muslim-brotherhood-begins-crucifixions-and-torture.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama backed Muslim Brotherhood Begins Crucifixions and Torture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #7e0021\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><strong>Watchwoman&#8217;s Editorial: <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #7e0021\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"> I hope every one of you who reads this column will never forget that Obama and his administration backed Arab Spring and I told you way back then that the Muslim Brotherhood was being backed by Obama because he is one of them! <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #993366\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">There are many factions of Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood is the radical bunch of terrorists that Obama idealizes. Notice that the <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">criminally negligent news media are using words like \u201crun amok\u201d to describe crucifixion! That is why I never read <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #800000\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"> or believe anything I see on the lame-stream news media. They are all union-backed, union-supported communist front organizations that do nothing but stump for the communist party in the U.S.A.; otherwise known as, the Democratic Party. There is nothing Democratic about the Progressives in the Communist Party or the Obamunists in his administration. Their ultimate goal is to take out Israel. Remember this! I warned you! <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #7e0021\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">\u25ac<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/author\/dcalvin\/\"><span style=\"color: #7e0021\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><strong>Donna Calvin<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #99284c\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><strong> \u25ac Friday, August 17, 2012 <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Links \u2013 Crucifixions &#8211; Related Watchwoman on the Wall posts<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Obama backed Muslim Brotherhood Begins Crucifixions and Torture<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=19059\">http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=19059<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Shocking video evidence of Islamic crucifixion<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=20230\">http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=20230<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Terrorist Attacks by Muslims Continue: Islam the Religion of Peace? 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They Crucify Christians in Egypt!<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=20165\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=20165<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Muslims Attacking People Walking Their Dogs, This Is Sharia<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=19258\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=19258<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">_____________________________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><strong>Arab Spring run amok: &#8216;Brotherhood&#8217; starts crucifixions<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">_____________________________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">Opponents of Egypt&#8217;s Muslim president executed &#8216;naked on trees&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">_____________________________________________________<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/08\/Arab-Spring-with-Obama-as-their-Partner.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-19060\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/08\/Arab-Spring-with-Obama-as-their-Partner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a>The Arab Spring takeover of Egypt by the Muslim Brotherhood has run amok, with reports from several different media agencies that the radical Muslims have begun crucifying opponents of newly installed President Mohammed Morsi.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Middle East media <a href=\"http:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2012\/08\/16\/muslim-brotherhood-crucifies-opponents-attacks-secular-media\/\">confirm that during a recent rampage, Muslim Brotherhood operatives,<\/a> \u201ccrucified those opposing Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi naked on trees in front of the presidential palace while abusing others.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meforum.org\/3300\/obama-administration-persecuted-christians\">Raymond Ibrahim,<\/a> a fellow with the Middle East Forum and the Investigative Project on Terrorism, says the crucifixions are the product of who the Middle Eastern media call \u201cpartisans.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Arabic media call them \u2018supporters,\u2019 \u2018followers,\u2019 and \u2018partisans\u2019 of the Muslim Brotherhood,\u201d Ibraham said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Ibrahim also says the victims can be anyone, including Egyptians and Christians.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">It\u2019s anyone who is resisting the new government,\u201d Ibrahim said. \u201cIn this particular case, the people attacked and crucified were secular protesters upset because of Morsi\u2019s hostile campaign against the media, especially of Tawfik Okasha, who was constantly exposing him on his station, until Morsi shut him down.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Ibrahim says extra brutality is reserved for Christians, but the crucifixions are because of Islamic doctrine, and are required by the Quran. The time and other details about the crucifixions were not readily available.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/08\/Arab-Spring-to-bring-about-New-World-Order.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19061\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/08\/Arab-Spring-to-bring-about-New-World-Order.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"277\" \/><\/a>Center for Security Policy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org\/1665.xml\">Senior Fellow Clare Lopez<\/a> cites chapter and verse from the Quran to explain that crucifixions are not simply normal for Islam; they\u2019re demanded.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Crucifixion is a <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">hadd<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"> punishment, stipulated in the Quran, Sura 5:33, and therefore an obligatory part of Shariah,\u201d Lopez said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a traditional punishment within Islam since the beginning, even though it\u2019s not exclusively Islamic. The Romans used it too.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">So, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood haven\u2019t the option to <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">not<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"> include crucifixion within their legal code. It\u2019s obligatory to comply with Shariah. And yes, it\u2019s for shock value also to be sure,\u201d Lopez said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Lopez includes a warning for Egypt\u2019s Christians and compares the coming treatment of the Christians to the Jews in Germany.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">The Copts must get out of Egypt as soon as possible \u2013 for the many millions who will not be able to get out, I expect things will continue to deteriorate \u2013 just as they did for Germany\u2019s and Europe\u2019s Jews from the 1930s onward,\u201d Lopez said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">The warnings were there long before the ghettos, and round-ups, and one-way train trips to the concentration camps began in the 1940s,\u201d Lopez said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Author <a href=\"http:\/\/atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com\/\">Pamela Geller of Atlas Shrugs, <\/a>an analyst of the Middle East and Islam, fully agrees and also cites the Quran.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">The Christians are in serious trouble because the Quran in Sura 9:29 commands Muslims to wage war against them and subjugate them, and they\u2019re also identified with the hated West and the U.S.,\u201d Geller said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Geller also turns to Sura 5:33.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Islamic hardliners<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/08\/Arab-Spring-like-dominions-falling.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-19062\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/08\/Arab-Spring-like-dominions-falling.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">These are Islamic hardliners who do everything by the Quran. The Quran says, \u2018Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their hands and feet be cut off from opposite sides or that they be exiled from the land,\u201d Geller said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">International Christian Concern\u2019s Middle East analyst <a href=\"http:\/\/www.persecution.org\/\">Aidan Clay <\/a>believes there is a relationship between the recent attacks on the regime\u2019s enemies, a recent Sinai military skirmish and Morsi\u2019s moves against the ranking generals.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">The \u201cSinai Skirmish\u201d involved suspected Hamas guerrillas trying to cross into the Gaza from Egypt. The Israeli Defense and intelligence learned of the attempted crossing in advance and stopped the incursion. Sixteen Egyptian border guards were killed in the attempted Rafah border crossing incident.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">It\u2019s hard to believe that President Morsi could have dismissed Field Marshall Mohammed Tantawi without the help of lower-ranking military officers. The military\u2019s sense of prestige, which millions of Egyptians still take great pride in, took a battering following the militant attack in Sinai that killed 16 soldiers,\u201d Clay said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">The military should have been prepared for the attack. Israel was. And the blame has largely been placed on Tantawi for his negligence and for embarrassing the military establishment,\u201d Clay said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Lopez agrees that Israel\u2019s preparedness is a slap against the Egyptian army.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">That border skirmish that resulted in deaths of Egyptian border guards was known ahead of time by Israeli intelligence, which warned their Egyptian military counterparts,\u201d Lopez said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">She notes that Israeli intelligence avoided contact with the Muslim Brotherhood in the incident because the attacks were a Hamas plot.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Lopez adds that even after notification, the Egyptian army didn\u2019t act.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">The Egyptian military did nothing, even as Israel expected. Thus the attack was carried out, Israel was totally prepared and responded and the result was Egyptian military deaths,\u201d Lopez said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Responding to \u2018crisis\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/08\/Arab-Spring-map-of-involved-areas.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-19063\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/08\/Arab-Spring-map-of-involved-areas.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>She adds that Morsi wasted no time in responding to the \u201ccrisis.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Morsi jumped on the incident as the perfect reason to purge the top ranks of the Egyptian military, install his own MB-sympathizers in positions across the top, chief of staff and intel chief,\u201d she said. \u201cSome call it an internal coup d\u2019etat \u2013 and I agree. It put Morsi in sole control of the legislative branch (there is no parliament right now) and in control of the political power in Egypt. The new defense minister is a Muslim Brotherhood sympathizer. Things are moving very fast.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Clay says there are mixed feelings among the military top brass in Egypt. He says some of the brass still support Tantawi; some called for change.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">While many senior military officers maintained their support for Tantawi, his reputation took a dive among many younger officers who saw the need for a replacement. It wasn\u2019t just the attack in Sinai that led to this, but the military\u2019s reputation has been on the decline since a few months following the country\u2019s uprising early last year,\u201d Clay said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">For some, the Sinai attack was the final straw and Morsi may have viewed it as an opportune time to remove Tantawi and other high-ranking officers from key positions,\u201d Clay said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Furthermore, Morsi, not the military, took the lead in responding to the Sinai attacks. In doing so, while also forcing Tantawi out of his cabinet, Morsi has set a precedent that it is he who decides who runs the army,\u201d Clay said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">While the generals will still advise Morsi, he can decide whether or not to listen to them. It\u2019s apparent that Morsi is quickly becoming Egypt\u2019s sole leader which means control of the country will be in the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood,\u201d Clay said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">However, Geller believes that Morsi had a second motive for his action.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Reign of terror<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/08\/Arab-Spring-flames-and-smoke.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-19065\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/08\/Arab-Spring-flames-and-smoke.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"346\" height=\"230\" \/><\/a>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">I suspect that Morsi\u2019s action was timed in part to forestall any further military action against the jihadis,\u201d Geller said, adding that the results will make Egypt\u2019s government more monolithic than it already was.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Morsi is instituting a reign of terror to consolidate his power,\u201d Geller said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">American Enterprise Institute Middle East analyst <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aei.org\/scholar\/michael-rubin\/\">Michael Rubin agrees: Morsi is after the power.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Morsi certainly wants absolute control. The Egyptian army have never been saints, but Morsi will broker no checks to his power as the Muslim Brotherhood writes a constitution and imposes its dream of an Islamic state on Egypt,\u201d Rubin said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Lopez says this all means that Morsi is shedding his \u201cmoderate\u201d veneer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">The point I would make is that Morsi is not bothering to play \u2018moderate\u2019 any more. He\u2019s moving very aggressively to consolidate power for the Muslim Brotherhood,\u201d Lopez said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">She adds that Morsi is now free to act without any concerns for public opinion.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">He doesn\u2019t seem to care who thinks what anymore. He knows he\u2019s got the USG and president in his corner no matter what he does. He doesn\u2019t have to pretend, no need for \u2018plausible deniability.\u2019 He also knows he\u2019s got the majority of the Egyptian people behind him,\u201d Lopez said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Rubin believes, however, that Morsi will still try to play the \u201cmoderate\u201d to continue to gain U.S. support.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Playing the moderate?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/08\/Arab-Spring-Implications-for-US-Foreign-Policy1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-19067\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/244\/2012\/08\/Arab-Spring-Implications-for-US-Foreign-Policy1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"386\" \/><\/a>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Morsi is going to play the moderate and the mediator for the world media, all the while complaining that he can\u2019t take more forceful action against the extremists because the radical fringe won\u2019t allow him to do more,\u201d Rubin said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">It\u2019s nonsense, of course, but still an explanation that will satisfy American diplomats, safe behind the walls of their compound,\u201d Rubin said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Lopez adds to Rubin\u2019s explanation, but points to the White House as the main cheerleader for the Morsi and the Brotherhood.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">This is exactly what many of us expected him to do (consolidate power) and I think the White House knew, too, and not only expected but <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">wanted<\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"> Morsi and the Brotherhood to take over Egypt,\u201d Lopez said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\">\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">As far as I know, the White House invitation for Morsi in September still stands \u2013 nor have I heard the slightest hint of criticism from any top U.S. government leadership figure about Morsi\u2019s coup. He knows he\u2019s on solid ground with this administration,\u201d Lopez also said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Read More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2012\/08\/arab-spring-run-amok-brotherhood-starts-crucifixions\/\">http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/2012\/08\/arab-spring-run-amok-brotherhood-starts-crucifixions\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watchwoman&#8217;s Editorial: I hope every one of you who reads this column will never forget that Obama and his administration backed Arab Spring and I told you way back then that the Muslim Brotherhood was being backed by Obama because he is one of them! 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