Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Allen West: Muslim Brotherhood 'Infiltrated' Obama Administration

Former Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) claimed individuals tied to the Muslim Brotherhood have "infiltrated" President Barack Obama's administration.

"[W]e do have Muslim Brotherhood affiliated groups and individuals infiltrated into this current Obama administration," West wrote on his Facebook page. "This is serious."

West slammed Obama's Middle East policies, criticizing his "very conciliatory speech" in Cairo in 2009 and his stance on former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's resignation in 2011.

"Many warned of the rise of the 'granddaddy of Islamic terrorism,' the Muslim Brotherhood, in Egypt as the only viable and organized political entity," West wrote. "We were castigated as alarmists and Islamophobes. The Muslim Brotherhood even lied about running a candidate for President. We are now witnessing the result of our blindness."

This isn't the first time West has suggested the Muslim Brotherhood has influence in American government. In April 2012, West said "we should not allow the Muslim Brotherhood-associated groups to be influencing our national security strategy" in response to the Federal Bureau of Investigations' decision to scrap nearly 900 pages of training materials that had been determined offensive, culturally insensitive and in some cases entirely misleading or incorrect.

West also called on Obama to "repudiate the Muslim Brotherhood" in June 2012, calling the Arab Spring "nothing more than a radical Islamic nightmare."

Click here to read West's full Facebook post.

Original Article
Source: huffingtonpost.com
Author: Paige Lavender

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