Déjà vu for Democrats in the Egyptian civil unrest

The Muslim Brotherhood, originally referred as The Muslim Brothers, impacted the politics of various countries in the Middle East since the group’s founding in 1928 by Hasan al-Banna. Lawrence Wright, author of The Looming Tower, said Banna’s goal was “turning Egypt into an Islamic state.”  Wright credits the Brotherhood for “planting the seeds of the coming Islamic insurgence.” [pg. 16]

Banna was assassinated in 1949.

At the moment Democrat policy towards the civil unrest in Egypt can be described as Déjà vu.

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