Don't Blame The Snake

Well, it’s started. Radical Islamists are starting the inevitable creep many of us believed would happen in Egypt, and will surely follow in all of these other countries currently experiencing Islamic unrest. Just this week the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has advocated “modesty police” (www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=215050). You remember those humanitarian groups. I believe it was a Saudi Arabian variant of the modesty police that wouldn’t let the young girls flee a burning dorm building because they were not fully covered, and thus were forced to burn to death.
This is all taking place after we supported the protests calling for Mubarak to leave, when we had no idea who was behind the uprising. Just like we are now doing in Libya. We’re lending support to rebels who are thoroughly infected with, if not completely organized and directed by, Islamic radicals.
Yes I know Mubarak was as crooked as a dog’s hind leg, but we were able to work with him to thwart groups like al-qaeda and the muslim brotherhood. Plus he also signed and kept a peace treaty with our only true friends in the middle east, Israel. Moammar Gadhafi is an evil SOB who has been a thorn in our side for decades, but we had, prior to our current administration taking office, cowed him into giving up his nuclear ambitions and sort of minding his own business. Now we’ve got Anwar Al-Awlaki crowing about the upsurge in Islamic fighters in Egypt and Libya. (You all remember Al-Awlaki, he’s the guy who had 9-11 guys in his mosque in the DC area. He had a relationship with the Ft. Hood shooter. He had some relationship to the Christmas Day bvd bomber.) You know that if Al-Awlaki is happy about what’s going on, it’s not in our best interest.
And yet, there we are, continuing to insert ourselves on the wrong side of these uprisings. (The truth be told, in many of these situations, there is NO right side to be on. We should just sit on our hands until things are sorted out, then go in and deal with the victor in whatever way is appropriate.)
But no, we get involved without knowing what is really involved and we get situations like what is going on in Egypt. Where one muslim brotherhood weird beard told the concerned Christian community “If the Christians want safety they should submit to the rule of God and be confident that the Islamic sharia will protect them.” Now if I was a Christian in Egypt I’d be shaking in my sandals at the thought of counting on sharia to protect me. I believe we all remember how some Islamic radicals interpreted sharia when it came to how Daniel Pearl should be treated. Why should they expect any better treatment?
As a matter of fact, Nagib Gibrail, a Coptic Christian attorney says “There are areas in Egypt where Christian girls can’t walk outside after 8:00 in the evening for fear of being kidnapped.”
WE, and by we I mean our current ill prepared and incompetent president and his far left administration, are partially to blame for this happening.
Remember folks, actions have consequences. When you vote for an inexperienced leader who showed he had radical leftist ties and NO experience in anything other than corrupt Chicago and Illinois politics, don’t blame him for what he does. It’s YOUR fault! To blame our current president for doing what he’s done is like taking a snake to bed with you and then blaming him for biting you. He’s just doing what he does. The signs were there. You should have paid better attention.
The only possible saving grace is there’s another election in 1 ½ years. You can take steps to correct your, or your neighbor’s error. As the Democrats say, “Vote early and vote often!”