How the Arab Spring Unleashed Al Qaeda January 7, 2014 by Daniel Greenfield
Open up a national newspaper and flip to the stories about the Middle East. The daily toll of bombings and shootings, starving refugees and demolished cities have little resemblance to the cheerful stories about the transformation of the Middle East that were running during the boom days of the Arab Spring.
There isn’t much mention of the Arab Spring anymore. The same media outlets that were predicting that the Middle East was about to turn into Europe have fallen silent. They are eager to forget their own lies.
But it was the Arab Spring that unleashed this horror. The Arab Spring was not an outburst of popular democratic sentiment. It was a power struggle of a clearly sectarian nature. It was the rise of Sunni Islam under the black and white Salafist flags.
Obama and his people favored takeovers by “moderate” Salafi groups that appeared to accept Western ideas such as democracy and modernization. The “moderate” Salafis however worked closely with their “immoderate” Salafi cousins playing a game of Good Salafi and Bad Salafi with America.
The “moderate” Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt opened the door for Al Qaeda in the Sinai. Its Syrian branch, along with other “moderate” Salafist militias in the Free Syrian Army, fought alongside the Al-Nusra Front which was then Al Qaeda in Syria. .... .... ....
"The “moderate” Salafis however worked closely with their “immoderate” Salafi cousins playing a game of Good Salafi and Bad Salafi with America."
Not sure why these creeps in charge need to learn this lesson. I thought we had as our leader someone who understood these people. Guess not.
Clearly all Muslims are united in their hatred of America and Western values. Muslims don't appreciate a diversity of opinion or think that coexisting with people of different religious views is a noble trait. Add to those faults their propensity for violence and terror. We sure don't end up with a religion of peace.
******************* Christianity teaches to share what we have earned, the "cheerful giver" model.