Last Sunday, Israel Today posted an article about the revolution that has just occurred in Egypt. It tells a story that I have not heard anywhere else.
Here are a few paragraphs from the article:
When the demonstrations first began in Cairo on January 25, they were led by a large group of students with a list of specific demands. Having himself clearly learned the lesson of the shah's overthrow, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak subsequently agreed to most of those demands, most importantly the demand that this be his last term in office and that he not establish a dictatorial dynasty with his son taking over next.
A Christian source in Cairo (whose name is being withheld for his own safety) says the uprising should have died down then and there.
"As we followed the unfolding of events including the announced change in government and president Mubarak's speech, we wondered why the international news media is focusing only on the thousands in Tahrir Square who are escalating their demands and refusing dialogue," said the source.
According to this man, something changed in the uprising after the first few days, after Mubarak had already agreed to most of the reforms demanded by the original protestors.
"What is happening now has nothing to do with this original protest. What is happening right now is a conspiracy to topple Mubarak from outside the country," he said. That change coincided with the more visible participation in the uprising by the Muslim Brotherhood, a radical Islamic group with ties to extremists across the region.
But this Christian source suggested the situation is far more grave, and more methodical than just a handful of Brotherhood provocateurs entering the crowds.
"Only a few people (hundreds?) are still there from the original protesters," he noted. "They have been slowly replaced by other highly organized groups that all carry the same model of cell phones and have the same blankets.
The west (as usual) has been snookered by people who understand how to play the western media and who have a serious long-term objective. We have been sold the story that this is about democracy in Egypt. It is not. It is about establishing an Islamic, Sharia state in Egypt. This is no longer a movement by the Egyptians. The revolt was hijacked early in the process.
Israel has an understanding of what is happening because their security is at stake. The article reports:
Israeli officials are furious at the way the US and Europe are handling the situation.
"I think the Americans still don't realize the extent of the catastrophe into which they have pushed the Middle East," Labor Party leader and former Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer told Army Radio.
Ben-Eliezer slammed the Obama White House's inability to learn from the past:
"We learn from history. We remember what was said when Carter proposed that the Shah of Iran give up nicely and allow Khomeini to take his place. In Gaza, too, when the Americans came in, they supervised the democratic elections [via which Hamas came into power]. If there are elections in Egypt the way the Americans want, I will be surprised if the Muslim Brotherhood does not win. This will be a new Middle East - radical, Islamic and extremist."
Likud lawmaker Ayoub Kara told visiting Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee that "it needs to be understood that if the Egyptian government will fall, the Muslim Brotherhood will take its place." Kara said that Obama should also be learning from the mistakes in Iraq, where an American-style democracy has led to a "saturation of terror."
A leading columnist for Israel's largest daily newspaper, Yediot Ahronot, was even harsher, blasting Obama "selling Mubarak for a pot of lentils," and "not understanding the Middle East."
"Our conclusion in Israel needs to be that the man sitting in the White House is liable to 'sell' us over night," concluded the columnist. "The thought that the US might not stand by our side in the day of need causes chills. God help us."
God help all of us.
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