PoliticalChic
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What a wonderful sentiment, and one all of us can support...in principle.
But the devil is in the details...and I use that phrase advisedly.
For, what, exactly, is the 'democracy' that the Egyptian people wish....and is it really the same thing we Americans mean by 'democracy'?
1. 84 percent of Egyptians favor the death penalty for people who leave the Muslim religion.
2. When asked which side they would take in a struggle between "groups who want to modernize the country [and] Islamic fundamentalists," 59 percent of Egyptians picked the fundamentalists, while 27 percent picked the modernizers.
3. just 32 percent believe in civilian control of the military.
4. 54 percent, support making segregation of men and women in the workplace the law throughout Egypt.
5. When asked whether suicide bombing can ever be justified, 54 percent said yes
6. Eighty-two percent supported stoning for those who commit adultery.
7. 82 percent of Egyptians hold an unfavorable view of the United States. That's higher than in Pakistan, higher than in Jordan, higher than 18 other nations Pew surveyed.
Egypt's conflicting views of democracy and religion | Byron York | Politics | Washington Examiner
8. Hamas receives relatively positive ratings in Jordan (56% favorable) and Egypt (52%).
9. favorable view of Hezbollah, [in] Egypt (43%)
Mixed Views of Hamas and Hezbollah in Largely Muslim Nations - Pew Research Center
10. Eighty two percent of Egyptians support executing adulterers by stoning, 77% support whipping and cutting the hands off thieves. 84% support executing any Muslim who changes his religion.
...the U.S. has failed to identify strategic interests in Egypt and questions what the next move will be if the Muslim Brotherhood becomes "the power behind the throne of the next regime."
Caroline Glick: U.S. Adopting Harmful Egypt Policy | Neon Tommy
But the devil is in the details...and I use that phrase advisedly.
For, what, exactly, is the 'democracy' that the Egyptian people wish....and is it really the same thing we Americans mean by 'democracy'?
1. 84 percent of Egyptians favor the death penalty for people who leave the Muslim religion.
2. When asked which side they would take in a struggle between "groups who want to modernize the country [and] Islamic fundamentalists," 59 percent of Egyptians picked the fundamentalists, while 27 percent picked the modernizers.
3. just 32 percent believe in civilian control of the military.
4. 54 percent, support making segregation of men and women in the workplace the law throughout Egypt.
5. When asked whether suicide bombing can ever be justified, 54 percent said yes
6. Eighty-two percent supported stoning for those who commit adultery.
7. 82 percent of Egyptians hold an unfavorable view of the United States. That's higher than in Pakistan, higher than in Jordan, higher than 18 other nations Pew surveyed.
Egypt's conflicting views of democracy and religion | Byron York | Politics | Washington Examiner
8. Hamas receives relatively positive ratings in Jordan (56% favorable) and Egypt (52%).
9. favorable view of Hezbollah, [in] Egypt (43%)
Mixed Views of Hamas and Hezbollah in Largely Muslim Nations - Pew Research Center
10. Eighty two percent of Egyptians support executing adulterers by stoning, 77% support whipping and cutting the hands off thieves. 84% support executing any Muslim who changes his religion.
...the U.S. has failed to identify strategic interests in Egypt and questions what the next move will be if the Muslim Brotherhood becomes "the power behind the throne of the next regime."
Caroline Glick: U.S. Adopting Harmful Egypt Policy | Neon Tommy