Obama's kiss of death for Mubarak...and Egypt

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Will Egypt go the way of Gaza, where Hamas ascended through a single, never to be repeated election?  Obama repeats Bush's mistake today, seeing a role for "nonsecular actors," as the news item below relates.

U.S. Open to Role for Islamists in New Egypt Government  -Paul Richter and Peter Nicholas

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.

White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said that a reformed government "has to include a whole host of important nonsecular actors that give Egypt a strong chance to continue to be [a] stable and reliable partner." The Muslim Brotherhood, the largest and best-organized Egyptian opposition group, advocates tearing up Egypt's peace treaty with Israel.
(Los Angeles Times)


U.S. Attitude toward Egypt Raises Questions for Israel -Herb Keinon

Former Mossad head Danny Yatom said in an Israel Radio interview that U.S. treatment of Egyptian President Mubarak sent a dangerous message to Washington's allies in the region - including Israel - that they could not rely on America.

"The way Obama and Hillary Clinton abandoned Mubarak at once is very problematic, and I think hints to other allies - for instance Israel - that these things can happen under certain grave circumstances to us as well, and to others." "They should have supported him [Mubarak], but demand more reform," he said.
(Jerusalem Post)

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