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Obama totes Muslim Brotherhood baggage on his Saudi trip



Obama totes Muslim Brotherhood baggage on his Saudi trip

Cairo, Egypt—During the upcoming visit of President Obama to Saudi Arabia, Obama totes a lot of baggage—namely Syrian, Iranian, Qatari, Saudi Egyptian and the Muslim Brotherhood organization and its allies.
There is news from Cairo about the efforts of American officials to arrange a Saudi-sponsored meeting between president Obama and General El-Sisi in Riyadh, to calm the atmosphere between Cairo and Washington, and to improve relations between the two countries which sharply deteriorated because of Obama's support for the Muslim Brotherhood, especially after the decision of Saudi Arabia and the UAE in considering the Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. Obama's support for the Brotherhood and their extremist allies has hurt America's relations with the largest countries in the region at a price it cannot afford. Obama has been forced to back down from his hardline views towards Egypt under pressure from Congress and the Pentagon, and the successive visits of the U.S. Secretary of Defense to Cairo confirm that Obama's support for the extremists is a standalone position and not a general position for America, which has suffered from terrorism in many ways. The two sessions held by the Armed Forces Committees in Congress and the senate for a group of military leaders are the biggest proof of Obama's defeat. These hearings featured: Gen. Lloyd Austin, commander of the Central Command of the U.S. Army with Gen. David Rodriguez, commander of U.S. troops in Africa, Admiral Samuel Locklear, commander of U.S. troops in the Pacific Ocean, presided over by Sen. Carl Levin while the congress meeting was led by Republican Howard McKeon.

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Important questions about the situation in Egypt and the military ties between Washington and Cairo, with those commanders showing their understanding of the serious situation in Egypt, and the importance of maintaining mutual relations especially with regard to military cooperation, and the fear of the increasing relationships between the Egyptian and Russian armies. Republican Senator James Inhofe put forward one of the most controversial questions in Washington: "Is the Egyptian army fighting terrorism or not?" "Is the battle against extremists important to the security of Egypt?” Senator Inhofe also expressed his surprise on Obama's decision to halt the delivery of ten Apache helicopters to Egypt. Gen. Austin believes that the Egyptian army’s war against terrorism is not only important for Egypt, but for the entire Middle East. Though he supports Obama's policy—from a military standpoint—and in view of what the Egyptians do in Sinai, the Apache helicopters are certainly very useful to them now. He said that the Egyptians have a tough battle in Sinai and the Egyptian army is a great partner, adding we must support and maintain our relationship with it.

American fears of the Egyptian-Russian rapprochement

U.S interests in the Arab world have been negatively affected by Obama’s position after the overthrow of the Brotherhood in June. Gen. Sisi succeeded in putting pressure on the U.S. administration by leaking news about Russian arms deals with Egypt and secret talks with China about the manufacture of spare parts for the Egyptian army for maintenance of American equipment. Sisi also has developed some military factories to manufacture those parts. Eight months since the June Egyptian Revolution and Obama’s position on Egypt has become a quite lonely one, with some American newspapers launching strong criticism against him. The Wall Street journal kept warning Obama for his support for the extremists in Egypt, and warned that most of the American oil goes through the Suez Canal; and that any trouble in Egypt may raise oil prices. The WSJ goes on and says that Obama is a treasure for the Arab gulf countries, because he has caused the price of oil to increase several times during the past month causing serious damage to the U.S. economy. The WSJ stressed that Obama is sacrificing the U.S. economy, just to save his unjustified alliance with extremists in the Middle East. Former Israeli intelligence colonel Mordechai Kedar, stressed that the events in Egypt proved that Obama and his assistants are unable to dictate their demands to the Middle East countries, and that El-Sisi has defeated Obama and his administration in regards to the Brotherhood by openly declaring them a terrorist group. U.S. military expert Ken Allard in an article in The Washington Times, said that The American administration is panicked by the possibility of El-Sisi's winning in the upcoming presidential election, and that everyone in Washington knew that the U.S. embassy in Cairo quoted an urgent request from the Egyptian army for the immediate release of the halted 10 Apache helicopters. Obama insists on depriving the Egyptian army of these helicopters. Allard continued saying: "It seems that democracy is not a democracy unless it is blessed by the U.S. diplomats". Allard explained that Obama's decision coincides with the deterioration of the security situation in Sinai, and the increase in terrorist attacks carried out by the Muslim Brotherhood allies. Allard added: It is difficult to determine who is responsible for this arbitrary decision... Is it the National Security Adviser Susan Rice or the State Department, or the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood forces in the White House? Some argue that the U.S. president doesn't want to admit his mistakes, because it requires a complete change in his ideology, and would mean that his outlook for the world is fundamentally wrong.


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Ali Al Sharnoby -- Bio and Archives

Ali Alsharnoby, an Egyptian journalist and deputy editor, worked in many Egyptian newspapers.

Studied at university of Cairo, faculty of law.. and wrote a number of books about the political trends in the Islamic view.


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