Muslim Brotherhood Wins Egyptian Presidency; Obama Hits The Links
There was a disturbingly fascinating juxtaposition of links over at Memeorandum late Sunday night that gives chilling insight not only to the Obama administration’s abject shortcomings in the realm of foreign policy, but also its stunning tone deafness to political perceptions and realities:
The perspective from Congressman West:
A year ago there were those of us who warned the Obama Administration of a Muslim Brotherhood takeover in Egypt. We were castigated as alarmists and loose cannons. Today our predictions have come to reality and the ominous specter reminding us of the Iranian revolution is evident. The Muslim Brotherhood claimed they would not run a presidential candidate. Clearly the Arab Spring is nothing more than a radical Islamic nightmare. Now we need to unequivocally reiterate our support to the Coptic Christians and Israel. What an incredible foreign policy faux pas by the second coming of President Jimmy Carter, the Obama Administration. I call upon President Barack Obama to cut off American foreign aid to Egypt, denounce the results of this election, repudiate the Muslim Brotherhood, and all radical Islamist political entities.
Obama apparently had other ideas in mind:
This from The Hill:
President Obama waited for the temperature to cool just a bit before heading to the golf course on Sunday.
Obama is golfing at the Fort Belvoir course, according to a White House pool report. The president is golfing with White House chef Sam Kass, staffer Mike Brush and White House trip director Marvin Nicholson, a frequent golf partner of Obama’s.
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This will be the president’s 101st round of golf since entering office according to a count kept by CBS News’s Mark Knoller. He was last on the course on Father’s Day.
And I’m fairly certain this isn’t the call that Congressman West was urging Obama to make:
Again from The Hill:
“The United States congratulates Dr. Mohamed Morsi on his victory in Egypt’s Presidential election, and we congratulate the Egyptian people for this milestone in their transition to democracy,” said White House press secretary Jay Carney in a statement.
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President Obama later called Moris to offer his congratulations. He also called General Ahmed Shafiq, who was defeated by Morsi, and urged him to play a role in Egypt’s transition by supporting the democratic process.
So in a nutshell, a radical Islamic group with deep ties to Hamas and al Qaeda wins the presidential election in Egypt; Obama dials up a congratulatory phone call and hits the links.
Wonderful.
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