Comments on: Egypt to end 1967 State of Emergency, allowing greater room for Muslim Brotherhood

By: Another Joshua

Another Joshua — Tue, 18 May 2010 06:31:53 +0000

@Winston Pickett

Your article: Precisely.
The worry and effectiveness of the Muslim Brotherhood is of major concern. Not too long ago I spoke with a friend from Sudan, who highlighted to me how serious this is.

By: Gábor Fränkl

Gábor Fränkl — Tue, 11 May 2010 19:34:21 +0000

RS: “An interesting story is developing in Egypt where, according to Sky News, the government is planning to end the State of Emergency that was initially imposed after the country’s defeat in the 1967 war.” Sorry, but this is ioncorrect. The state of emergency in Egypt was called in 1981 after Sadat was assisinated, not ’67. That is one. The other is Robin’s other post that deals with Israel’s imminent OECD memebership and the PA’s “moderate” – at least compared to the antisemites, let’s rightly call them so – lobbying to hinder Israel’s OECD acccession. Again, reports vary, but most say that “Prime Minister” Salem Fayyad actively took part in this campaign days before the final voting imploring high level politicians to block the move.

By: cityca

cityca — Tue, 11 May 2010 13:16:44 +0000

Bearing in mind the ‘successful’ deployment of democracy here in the UK just a few days ago, how can we justify exporting our flawed system elsewhere, especially to the middle east, where tribal allegiances hold far more sway than the rule of law or democratic institutions?

As you clearly point out, democracy in Gaza has been as successful for its inhabitants as it was in 1930′s Germany – any system can be hijacked if those involved are not of good faith but seek to run with their own malign agenda. I one hundred percent share your disquiet about Egypt ending its state of emergency, if the Muslim Brotherhood are then able to make gains. As you say, then we really got problems!

By: Winston Pickett

Winston Pickett — Tue, 11 May 2010 12:40:34 +0000

If you are correct – or rather if Sky’s report is correct, the prospect of ‘normalisation’ is bad news, indeed. It’s important to flag this development and to be reminded exactly how dangerous the Muslim Brotherhood is, something I’ve written about previously [see: http://www.axt.org.uk/HateMusic/Pickett%20&%20Gardner.pdf. Let’s wait and see if this report gets further corroboration.

By: AKUS

AKUS — Tue, 11 May 2010 12:10:51 +0000

The thought of the Iranian theocracy in the East an Egyptian theocracy in that already impoverished and unstable country in the West is extremely worrying and why Israel has never agreed to allow any substantial Egyptian forces into Northern Sinai, even with the problems they both face in Gaza.

Israel has had years of cold peace with Egypt – if the Moslem Brotherhood took over and moved to war against Israel (which, once again, they would lose and suffer from greatly), I would only hope that this time the world powers would let Israel keep Sinai as a much needed buffer.