(PJ Media) Barry Rubin - The victory in the referendum on the constitution is the latest Muslim Brotherhood success in the process of transforming Egypt into a radical Islamist state. It isn't that the constitution explicitly mandates a revolutionary Sharia state. Rather, the constitution sets up a framework that will allow the Brotherhood to do so. What is most disturbing is not that the U.S. is supporting this regime, but that it is not even suspicious of the Egyptian government's intentions and behavior. It thinks the Brotherhood is going to curb the Salafists, while it actually uses them as storm troops. If the U.S. gives it money and support, the Brotherhood will use that to consolidate its rule while mobilizing the people against the United States. If Washington doesn't, the Brotherhood will then mobilize the people even more effectively against the U.S.
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