On January 30, 1033, Adolph Hitler was appointed chancellor of a coalition German government.\u00a0 The theory was that by sharing power with him in a democratically elected government he would be less dangerous.\u00a0 But Adolph Hitler had little interest in democracy or a democratic transition of power.\u00a0 The NAZI party never had the support of a majority of the people, but once they were invited into this \u201cpower sharing\u201d \u201ccoalition,\u201d the end was near.\u00a0 Within a very short period of time, Hitler destroyed all his political opposition and took over as absolute dictator.\u00a0 Hitler and the Nazi Party had zero interest in co-existing with anyone.<\/p>\n
There were at least some people in the German army who knew that Hitler was bad news.\u00a0 Yet there does not appear to have been any attempt at a military coup until Germany was on its way to defeat in World War II.\u00a0 So the question is:\u00a0 \u201cif the German military had deposed Hitler, before he had a change to take complete control, would that have been a good thing or a bad thing?<\/p>\n
Morsi\u00a0was elected President of Egypt by a somewhat shaky process.\u00a0 There were several candidates and Morsi ended up in a run-off with Ahmed Shafik, who had been prime minister under Mubarak.\u00a0 Even though a majority of Egyptians did not want the Muslim Brotherhood, in a choice between a Mubarak clone and Morsi, they chose Morsi.\u00a0 It was a big mistake.\u00a0 Almost immediately, Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood tried to assume total control.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/11\/23\/world\/middleeast\/egypts-president-morsi-gives-himself-new-powers.html?_r=0<\/a><\/p>\n President Mohammed Morsi declared himself above any court as guardian of Egypt\u2019s revolution.\u00a0 The Muslim Brotherhood, with its extremist agenda, was taking over.\u00a0 No one should have been surprised by this.\u00a0 Following is the motto of the Muslim Brotherhood:<\/p>\n “Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Qur’an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest aspiration.”<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n The Muslim Brotherhood, like the Nazi Party in German, has zero interest in sharing power with anyone.\u00a0 They viewed the \u201cdemocratic elections\u201d in Egypt exactly the same way Adolph Hitler viewed elections in Germany in 1933.\u00a0 They would play the game, long enough to gain power, but once they got in power they quickly took over.\u00a0<\/p>\n There were people in Egypt who figured this out.\u00a0 One of them was quoted in the New York Times article referred to above:\u00a0<\/p>\n Amr Hamzawy pointed out that Egypt was facing a horrifying coup against legitimacy and the rule of law and a complete assassination of the democratic transition.\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Obama either wanted Muslim extremists to take over Egypt, or he was too na\u00efve to realize why that would be a major problem.\u00a0 Either way, if the Egyptian people were expecting help from the United States, they were in for a long wait.<\/p>\n This takeover by the Egyptian military could be a very good thing.\u00a0 There is a reason so many people in Egypt are celebrating tonight.\u00a0 They are definitely not cheering for Barack Obama.<\/p>\n Courage is contagious. There are already rumors that moderate Palestinians may finally gain the courage to throw out Hamas.\u00a0 All over the Muslim world there are signs of people willing to stand up to Muslim extremists.\u00a0<\/p>\n The wise move by the United States would be to recognize that this coup is not necessarily a bad thing and to at least acknowledge why it was necessary.\u00a0 But, not President Obama.\u00a0 Following is the White House statement:\u00a0<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2013\/07\/03\/statement-president-barack-obama-egypt<\/a><\/p>\n we are deeply concerned by the decision of the Egyptian Armed Forces to remove President Morsy and suspend the Egyptian constitution. I now call on the Egyptian military to move quickly and responsibly to return full authority back to a democratically elected civilian government as soon as possible through an inclusive and transparent process, and to avoid any arbitrary arrests of President Morsy and his supporters. Given today\u2019s developments, I have also directed the relevant departments and agencies to review the implications under U.S. law for our assistance to the Government of Egypt.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n A terrorist organization dedicated to destroying the United States has been thrown out of power so now Obama wants to cut aid to Egypt?<\/p>\n Obama is asking the Egyptian military to do something incredibly stupid.\u00a0 The arrest of President Morsi and top leaders in the Muslim Brotherhood may prevent a bloody civil war.\u00a0 The Egyptian military removed Morsi because they had no choice.\u00a0 There is no potential for a true Democracy in Egypt if the Muslim Brotherhood is part of the equation.\u00a0 If that was not obvious before Morsi was elected, it was sure obvious when he tried to assume absolute power.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n The Muslim Brotherhood was and is a terrorist organization with zero tolerance for anyone who gets in their way.\u00a0 One of the reasons Egypt was reasonably stable for all those years was that the Mubarak regime clamped down on the Muslim Brotherhood.\u00a0 The Egyptian military is now rounding them up again and that is by far the best news out of Egypt for a long time.\u00a0 Asking the new Egyptian government to tolerate the Muslim Brotherhood is akin to asking the Germans to tolerate the Nazi party under Adolph Hitler.\u00a0 You cannot reach a reasonable compromise or even consider sharing of power with those who are dedicated to exterminating opponents.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n I am sure that there are some tough times ahead for Egypt.\u00a0 But the action by the Egyptian military may give Egypt a chance for real democracy.\u00a0 If the people are given a choice, my guess is that they will reject the Muslim Brotherhood and Muslim extremists.<\/p>\n \u00a0One thing is certain.\u00a0 If the Muslim Brotherhood had been allowed to gain total control, democracy in Egypt would have been nothing more than a distant memory. \u00a0Perhaps someone should explain that to Obama.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n (When I original wrote this I spelt Morsi as Morsy.\u00a0 That is the way the White House spelt it on the official press release.\u00a0 I guess I should have expected them to muck that up too!)<\/p>\n TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On January 30, 1033, Adolph Hitler was appointed chancellor of a coalition German government.\u00a0 The theory was that by sharing power with him in a democratically elected government he would be less dangerous.\u00a0 But Adolph Hitler had little interest in … Continue reading