Muslim Brotherhood Declares Its Goal

By Semperpapa

No, it is not a surprise, at least for those who have paid some attention.

The radical Islamic organization of the Muslim Brotherhood has come out declaring that the events in Egypt are just the beginning of a movement in the Arab world aimed at ridding the region of the influence of the United States and to install Islamic state governments.

The leader of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, Hammam Saeed, stated that the unrest in Egypt is just the beginning of a general movement in the Arab world to remove governments that have been accommodating to the United States, and, in the case of Mubarak, tolerant of the existence of Israel.

Saeed made his comments as he was protesting, with about another hundred of members of the Islamist group, in front of the Egyptian embassy in Amman.

Hitting on subjects that have resonance with radical Islamists and the American Left, Saeed stated that the Arabs are going to revolt against the dominance of America in that part of the world, dominance over the oil riches of the region through the support of despotic regimes. And of course Arabs are revolting against the military occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan, a subject so very dear to the anti-American element in the United States.

It is still unclear what role the Muslim Brotherhood has held in the start of the unrest in Tunisia and Egypt. What is certain, at this point, is that the radical group is seeking the opportunity to position itself so that the unrest in the Arab countries would attract the elements of the radical component and those nations’ left.

The Muslim Brotherhood is a very powerful entity in the Middle East and other Arab countries. It has been conceiving an Islamic Caliphate since its formation in the 1920s, with fundamentalist Muslim predominance and strict Sharia compliance. The group has expanded its tentacles across the globe, including the United States, where it operates via organizations like CAIR and ISNA.

The possibility of such a group filling the void of power in any country should be of great concern for the West, as it would translate into an Islamic dominance threatening security and commerce across the globe.

In Egypt, for example, it remains unclear if the military, which appears to be slated to take control of government and the nation, remains clean of the influence of the Brotherhood. Historically, the Egyptian military has cracked down on the organization, maintaining a more secular posture in its governmental influence. But things can change.

In Egypt there is also the danger of someone like El Baradei taking a position of leadership. As the head of the United Nations IAEA, Baradei was instrumental in Iran gaining its nuclear technology capability, as he remained blinded, by incompetence or purpose, to the obvious march of Teheran toward nuclear power.

El Baradei in a position of power in Egypt, someone even mentioned the possibility of his presidency, could very well translate into a pro-Iran, anti-Israel and anti-American posture of that country. Not a favorable outcome.

On the positive side, El Baradei has been living the good life as a United Nation stooge for sometime and he may not meet the strict Islamic guidelines of the Muslim Brotherhood, but if collusion between the two should occur or already exists, than the situation would precipitate rather quickly.

Just my thoughts!