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To: bentway who wrote (733329)	8/18/2013 3:20:44 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1578938

Graham is a muslim brotherhood stooge--just like Obama. Lefties LOVE their muslim brotherhood.

To: bentway who wrote (733329)	8/18/2013 3:49:07 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1578938

NOT A WORD about burning of Christian churches and looting of antiquities museums in Egypt by the left's beloved muslim brotherhood over the past few days.

To: bentway who wrote (733329)	8/18/2013 4:06:31 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1578938

bentway's leftwing source say the muslim brotherhood are the good guys and the Israelis are the bad guys. Standard left wing Love your muslims and pour out the Jew Hate.

To: bentway who wrote (733329)	8/18/2013 4:09:36 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1578938

During the mere 12-month reign of the Muslim Brotherhood, we watched: •Churches being burnt •Christians beheaded in broad daylight •Minorities, including Shiites, slaughtered in the streets •Al Qaeda moving 3,000 of its Afghan fighters into the Sinai Desert •Massive amounts of arms flowing into Egypt from Libya and Turkey •The firing of non-Islamist government officials (highly qualified Muslims), who were then replaced by Muslim extremists and known terrorists •U.S. government funds landing in the laps of Muslim Brotherhood leaders But the most egregious act of all was the silence of the White House and the State Department. They did not utter a mumbling word about any of those atrocities.

To: bentway who wrote (733329)	8/18/2013 4:59:33 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578938

Graham said that although our aid might not be that significant in terms of quantity, he insisted it has symbolic value. Withdrawing it, the Senator claimed, would send a strong message to western tourists, investors, and allies. The aid gives us a foothold. The majority of the aid must set aside to purchase military industrial products from the USA. Some of it must be used for academic development (advanced degrees) which must be earned at an American University. In other words the aid ends up being a wash and the money returns to the USA, stimulating our own economy. We also need to maintain a working relationship for strategic interests, like the Suez canal and the treaty brokerage that has been accessible through Egypt. Graham, however, said that the whole situation came about because former President Morsi was "overplaying his hand." He insisted that if the military restored democracy, the Brotherhood "would be creamed" in an election. Members of the Brotherhood were underground prior to the fall of Mubarak, because any fundamentalists would be jailed in Egypt. The same was true throughout the ME prior to the "Arab Spring." The military sponsored government represents the conservative interests who want a return to that status by designating them as a terrorist organization. The liberals, who initially organized the protests against Mubarak, got duped into an end run by the Brotherhood who promised them a decent life of being able to practice their religion and participate in public life without threats from a repressive government. When the liberals realized they had been duped, they returned to the streets to protest the Brotherhood. The Brotherhood would not win a new election but they will continue violent retribution against the state, less fundamental factions of Islam, and non-Muslim entities. That is who they are.