The news from Egypt is grim.
Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood president, Mohammed
Morsi made international headlines this week as he appointed Adel Al Khayat as
governor of Luxor, an ancient Egyptian city that is key tourist destination.
The problem with Mr. Khayat? He just happens to
lead the “political” arm of a terrorist organization that massacred tourists in
Luxor in 1997. The details of the attack are beyond grisly, with many of the
dead disemboweled and notes “praising Islam” placed inside their mutilated
bodies.
When it comes to the Middle East, we have
proven to be the worst of friends and the best of enemies.
And that’s not all.
On Tuesday, the New York Times reported on the
rise of blasphemy prosecutions since Morsi ascended to power.
In recent cases, Egyptian courts have sentenced
a writer to 5 years in prison for allegedly promoting atheism, sentenced a
lawyer to a year in prison for allegedly insulting Islam in a private
conversation, and fined a Christian schoolteacher $14,000 for allegedly
insulting Muhammed in her classroom.
These recent revelations pile on top of the
“old” news, including violations of the peace treaty with Israel, failing to
protect our American embassy from attacks, and launching systematic crackdowns
on Egypt’s Coptic Christian community.
Against this backdrop of Shariah and jihad –
and hidden behind the blanket news coverage of the Obama administration’s other
scandals – the White House has decided to increase its financial support for
the Muslim Brotherhood, quietly clearing the way for the U.S. to give Egypt
$1.3 billion in military aid.
On May 10, the very day that Lois Lerner issued
her contrived apology for the IRS targeting conservative groups, Secretary of
State John Kerry formally waived – on national security grounds – statutory
requirements that he certify that Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood government was
“implementing policies to protect freedom of expression, association, and
religion, and due process of law” before providing any further American
military aid.
Think about this for a moment: The Obama
administration threw the Mubarak regime (for all its flaws, a stalwart American
ally that kept peace with Israel) under the bus ostensibly because of its human
rights violations but is waiving human rights conditions to prop up a more
brutal jihadist government.
Let’s not forget the motto of the Muslim
Brotherhood: "Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Koran
is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest
hope."
That is the organization that we are empowering
– that we are arming – at American taxpayer expense.
In the coming days and weeks, secular and
Christian opposition leaders are planning nationwide protests against a Morsi
regime that has proven competent at implementing Shariah law but not at running
an economy.
Morsi’s jihadist allies plan a crackdown, and
if and when they succeed, you may see the terrible sight of American-made and
taxpayer-purchased tanks and other armored vehicles literally crushing the
Christian opposition.
The saying goes that there is “no better friend
and no worse enemy” than a United States Marine.
The Obama administration has turned this on its
head. -- When it comes to the Middle East, we have proven to be the worst of
friends and the best of enemies.
We sat on our hands during Iran’s Green
Revolution, when the Mullahs were briefly in danger of being overthrown.
We similarly sat on our hands in the early days
of the Syrian uprising against the brutal, Iran-allied Assad regime, before
jihadists had taken over the Syrian opposition.
But we acted quickly to support the Egyptian
uprising, tossing aside a longtime ally.
Across the Middle East, jihad is ascendant. The
Mullahs remain comfortably in power in Iran (busy building a bomb), Syria’s
opposition is dominated by Al Qaeda-affiliated militias, and Egypt is firmly in
the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood.
And now we’re arming Egypt and considering
arming jihadist rebels in Syria.
The Obama administration is doubling down on
failure – at the expense of Egyptian Christians and the American taxpayer.
Jay Sekulow is Chief Counsel of the American
Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ). Follow him on Twitter@JaySekulow.
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