Thursday, February 3, 2011

Actual Facts Lead To Right Turns

Kirsten Powers: Americans Should Worry About ‘Islamic Power in Cairo’ « Hot Air: "Writing at The Daily Beast, liberal columnist and pundit Kirsten Powers (who has family in Egypt) noted,
I spent much of yesterday interviewing American experts on the region—including two Brookings Institution scholars who are experts on the Muslim Brotherhood—and was reassured over and over that the organization has reformed and does not seek to establish a fundamentalist state. One claimed that Brotherhood officials have said they view Copts as equal citizens.

My relative laughed at this. He says when Brotherhood members have been asked about how they would treat Christians they are vague. When asked about whether they would nationalize the banks, they are vague. Even one of the Brookings scholars told me that the Brotherhood would probably segregate the sexes. This is far from a secular group.
That Powers, a proud “progressive,” is writing about this makes it clear that such fears are not merely being propagated by “right wingers.”"