You have an article written by John Bolton in which he
praises the President of Egypt, suggesting that the man should be supported.
This is flattering, and millions of Egyptians would probably want to say:
thanks, John Bolton for the sentiment. But they will also want to add in the
same breath: But no thanks. And you'll know why when you see what else Bolton has to say, and when you read the Rich Lowry
article that was published on the same day.
The day was January 14, 2015. John Bolton published in the
New York Daily News under the title: “Egypt's president is a courageous warrior
who has the guts to confront radical Islam” and the subtitle: “Abdul Fattah
Al-Sisi followed directly in Anwar Sadat's footsteps with his speech on New
Year's Day that went forcefully against today's Western conventional wisdom
regarding Islam and terrorism.” As to Rich Lowry, he published in Politico
Magazine under the title: “Of course It Is Islam.”
No one that knows Egypt
and its people can be surprised by its newly elected President carrying out his
electoral promise to the people of Egypt ,
and his subsequent promise to the world – which he did in a speech to the
General Assembly of the UN – that he will work to build an Egypt based on equality
and modern precepts. Thus, his attending the Christmas mass to wish the
Christians a merry holiday, and his attending a gathering of Muslim clerics to
say they must temper their flocks despite the attempts to provoke them … is
seen by Egyptians as just another day in which the universe has unfolded as it
should.
The best thing that can happen now is that everyone outside
of Egypt
just shut up. Yes, I say it as forcefully as I can: Just shut up. Things are
unfolding normally as they have been during the good times for thousands of
years, and any outside interference will only serve to delay what the Egyptians
are trying to do for themselves. Thus, a meddling that comes with political
overtones could impose strains on the country, forcing a course alteration and
possibly other destructive consequences.
You can see how politics could be woven into the tapestry of
relations that Egypt has with America when you analyze what Bolton is trying to
do with the following montage of passages: “Sadat's trip to Israel followed his
decision to expel Moscow's military advisers … by breaking the prohibitions
against acknowledging Israel's existence, he made possible changes throughout
the Middle East … The [current] president of the Arab world's most populous
nation has taken bold steps. He needs U.S. and broader Western support.”
Well, let us say that Egypt
needs no more than normal, arms-length commercial and political relations with
the rest of the world – relations that come with mutual respect and
non-interference in the internal affairs of the other.
As to the Rich Lowry article, you can see how the
magnificent information machine that used to be the pride of America's
democracy, has been transformed into a network of echoing megaphones now owned
and operated by a Jewish propaganda machine that is in the business of spinning
and twisting all occurrences in such a way as to serve only the interests of
the Jews and of Israel.
Two characteristics can help you identify an article as
being vintage Jewish, therefore a waste of time and mental energy. One
characteristic is the endless back and forth between parties as to whether
something should be called this or called that. The other characteristic is the
throwing of statistics which are plucked out of thin air to lend credence to
claims that have nothing to do with reality. This is what fills the Rich Lowry
article because this is all that Rich Lowry can do.