Does Our Government Understand The Domino Effect We Are Seeing In The Middle East?

Sunday, April 17, 2011
Does Our Government Understand The Domino Effect We Are Seeing In The Middle East, Or Don't They?
FBI counter-terror official says al-Qaeda "thrives" after dictators fall in Middle East
I tried to tell you. Doesn't Mark Giuliano know that only greasy Islamophobes think that these were not wholly secular, pluralistic, democratic revolutions?
Secretary of State Clinton warns intolerance and discrimination may "hijack" Muslim countries' revolutions
For the Muslim Brotherhood and kindred spirits, implementing discrimination against women and non-Muslims is not a "hijacking" of the revolution; it's a charter flight. And we're back to Square One: A democracy is only as good as the values that inform its participants.
The most dismal aspect of this story is that anyone is surprised that intolerance and discrimination rooted in Islamic texts and teachings are actually playing a role here. But those are the fruits of fantasy-based policy.