tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31461204.post7828342072423032945..comments2023-12-11T06:11:11.449-05:00Comments on Bruce's MidEast Soundbites: Watering Jihad: Obama to court Muslim BrotherhoodBrucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09331211089963297411noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31461204.post-86655258727579725602011-07-01T15:49:11.893-04:002011-07-01T15:49:11.893-04:00The best application of your thinking would be to ...The best application of your thinking would be to engage them only if they achieved power. By engaging them now, he signals weakens their opposition...not very neutral. <br /><br />Honestly, I suspect Obama is a closet Arabist [not Islamist, of course] and is entranced by the "Arab street."Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09331211089963297411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31461204.post-64736404226077587622011-07-01T15:38:43.849-04:002011-07-01T15:38:43.849-04:00While it is true that reaching out to parties that...While it is true that reaching out to parties that do not share our interests might be pointless, it might also bear fruit. Sometimes carrots work, sometimes sticks, admittedly nothing much seems to work with Muslim extremists. However, if Obama reached out only to moderates when his popularity is down it might help the extremists. By reaching pout to them he allows the electorate to assume he has no favorites and won;t alienate the groups he needs to engage during this transitional time.LHwriteshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890891351498768757noreply@blogger.com