Lorenzo Vidino, a visiting fellow at the Rand Corp., tells a House subcommittee on counterintelligence and terrorism Wednesday that the Muslim Brotherhood has affiliates in more than 80 countries. He has written a study called “The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West.” (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)U.S. Government Has No Strategy To Deal With Muslim Brotherhood -- Washington Times
The federal government has no strategy to counter the Muslim Brotherhood at home or abroad, according to the chairwoman of the House panel that oversees counterintelligence and terrorism.
“The federal government does not have a comprehensive or consistent strategy for dealing with the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliated groups in America,” Rep. Sue Wilkins Myrick said during a hearing Wednesday. “Nor does it have a strategy for dealing with the Brotherhood in Egypt or the greater Middle East.”
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My Comment: American policy of turning a blind eye to what is radical Islam .... even going to the extreme of not even using the term "radical Islam", makes it difficult to confront a foe if your own government chooses to ignore it. Until this changes, radical groups like the Muslim Brotherhood will continue to grow and prosper within the U.S. and our allies with little if any opposition.
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Ok. We don't have a strategy for dealing with this group. What then ought it be? Go back to former dictatorship in Egypt or let democracy try to evolve? And in the US? arrest anyone who belongs to this group though no evidence of wrong doing?
Thank you Fred for your comment.
I am not advocating a return to an Egyptian dictatorship or to arresting people affiliated with radical groups like the Muslim Brotherhood. What I would like to see is a change in U.S. government policy on defining who these groups are. Call them out for who they are, and always forcefully point out what they are always advocating. By choosing to ignore this debate, we are only letting groups like the Muslim Brotherhood to define who they are publicly, while privately they are pursuing a completely different agenda.
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