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Trump Secretary of State Pick Compares Muslim Brotherhood to Al-Qaeda
 [TRUTH-OUT.ORG] Donald Trump...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... 's pick for Secretary of State hit out at the Moslem Brüderbund in the opening statement that he delivered on Wednesday to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. At the onset of his confirmation hearing, Rex Tillerson called the group "an agent for radical Islam like al-Qaeda...and certain elements within Iran." The assessment raises the possibility that the Trump administration will not eschew the sort of Islamophobia ...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do... and authoritarianism that Trump himself promoted during the presidential campaign. Republican advisers and politicians have, in recent years, pushed bizarre theories about the Islamist Moslem Brüderbund, calling, at times, for crackdowns on the organization, modeled after dictatorial governments abroad. In Feb. 2016, for example, Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee approved of legislation that would have forced the State Department to label the Brotherhood a terrorist organization. In a report on the proposal, GOP politicians positively cited the Syrian government's decision in 1980 to ban the Brotherhood‐a decree that preceded the massacre of tens of thousands of civilians in Hama. The document also praised anti-Brotherhood decrees by the Egyptian, Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... n and Bahraini governments. "I fear that this bill appeals to our base fears," John Conyers (D-Mich.), the committee's ranking Democrat said, at the time, of the measure. "Islamophobia may be good politics -- time will tell -- but it certainly is not good policy." Conyers noted then that the Brotherhood has, since the 1950's, been "predominately a non-violent religious political and social service organization." Neither  Hillary Clinton... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, sometimes described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world,usually described by the rest of us as a crook... nor John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, unsuccessful presidential candidate, and utterly failed Secretary of State... mentioned the group in opening statements delivered during their confirmation hearings. The Moslem Brüderbund has also featured in unfounded theories peddled by high-ranking Republican campaign advisers. Posted by: Fred 2017-01-13 |
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