Is the Bush Regime actually in cahoots with the Muslim Brotherhood?

[brindis_desala]

We know that the banking-oil cartel has long been propping up the Saudi regime to contain OPEC. We also know that all leads pointing to Saudi Arabia and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood re 9-11 have been hastily scotched.

After seeing the BBC's Power of Nightmares I am beginning to suspect that the LAST thing the neo-cons want is for democracy to take hold in the Middle East. And by pretending BUSH and Sharon are behind it would seem to guarantee just the opposite as happened in IRAN: a reactionary Islamic government to keep a check on dissent and oppress their progressive intellectuals. The Anglo/American puppetmasters certainly are not pushing for democracy in Saudi Arabia or Pakistan where anti-Americanism (at least on the surface) would appear the acutest.


What Role for the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria’s Future?
By Michael Jacobson
March 11, 2005

In calling for a demonstration in Damascus on March 10, Haitham Maleh, an opposition figure with close connections to the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, proclaimed, “We are 85 percent of the country”—an apparent gesture of solidarity against Syria’s ruling Alawite minority. The group of about 100 demonstrators who answered his call was reportedly dispersed by several hundred progovernment demonstrators. Along with President George W. Bush’s rejection of Syrian president Bashar al-Asad’s ambiguous proposal for a phased or partial withdrawal from Lebanon, the incident fed speculation on whether Asad’s regime will survive the current tumult. Although few would mourn the regime’s collapse, many are concerned that such a development would allow an Islamist group such as the Muslim Brotherhood to take control, which might be even less appealing to the United States than the current regime.

http://washingtoninstitute.org/templateC05.php?CID=2276

[ck4829]

1. Why were Pat Robertson, Charles Taylor, and Al Qaeda...

all mining the same diamonds?

America has helped out Islamic Terrorists before, the links still might exist.

[brindis_desala]

2. We know the links exist because they are supporting the

jihadists against the Russians in Chechnya. The question is do the neo-cons want the Middle East to be fertile ground for the multinationals or simply kept weak and roiled enough to pose no threat to their expansionism into oil-rich Central Asia.

[DenverDem]

3. Multinationals make money off both sides in every war.

Why else would the single most counterproductive tool of diplomacy be the most used?

War is a con to transfer ever more capital from the middle class to the power elite.

[mikelewis]

4. Who would you want to control the Middle East if you were...

George Bush?

Would you want a country run by a democratically elected leader who espouses truth and justice for all or a group of people who can keep the price of oil at a reasonable level amid fears of a peak oil crisis?

They gain nothing from a free and democratic middle-east. The price of oil will rise and the strain on our economy will increase. The party in charge during this debacle will surely get voted out, not by us of course but by the big businesses that count our votes.

Keep in mind, these bug business people have fleets of cars and trucks that use more fuel than we as general consumers. A rise in gas prices means about $5 more a week for me but %50,000 more a week for them. Bush will make a deal with anyone so long as he can keep his paymasters happy. They wiil pass these fundamentalists off as democratic crusaders and the press will eat it up.

[brindis_desala]

5. I agree. This is truly Orwellian doublespeak.

pretend to be advocating democracy while either marginalizing or imprisoning the reformers. I pity any non-Western oil-producing country and surprise, surprise, the overwhelming majority are Muslim.