Thursday, August 30, 2012
 
US backed Muslim Brotherhood's apocalyptic foreign policy

The ramifications of the White House backing the Muslim Brotherhood (MB)in taking over Egypt and other Middle Eastern/Northern African nations are beginning to show, and they do not bode well for American foreign policy. Moreover, the American-backed MB takeover of Egypt appears to be drawing together both Sunni and Shiite Muslim countries in support of the Brotherhood's goal of reestablishing the Islamic Caliphate and ushering in an apocalyptic scenario. For decades, US analysts did not believe the Sunnis and Shiites would unite politically because of their vast differences. But the new leadership in Egypt is reaching out to Iran and her allies in ways that are raising the specter of a united Islam.

Stratfor analysts report that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad invited Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi to attend the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Tehran from Aug. 26 and Aug. 31. This is just one example of Iran's several attempts to normalize ties with Cairo. The MB's openness to changing foreign policy direction could provide an opening for Tehran, since the MB has a different political agenda and different political constraints than the former regime. Stratfor says apprehensions are growing in Riyadh, Abu Dhabi and other Gulf Cooperation Council capitals that the Muslim Brotherhood's rise in Egypt will trigger a regional rise of Muslim Brotherhood-type Islamist groups.

David Schenker of The Washington Institute writes that Morsi will visit China (on of Iran's staunchest allies on the UN Security Council) before the summit in Tehran. Morsi seeks investments to enable Egypt to "dispense of loans and aid." Schenker says Morsi wants to resume ties with Tehran and is articulating a newfound ambition to jettison billions in US foreign assistance and financing from Western financial institutions. Morsi's Egypt might offer Chinese warships priority access to the Suez Canal. China might also receive access to American technology in Egypt. Schenker says If Morsi gets his way, improved bilateral ties to Beijing will embolden, if not enable, Cairo to downgrade Egypt's ties to Washington.

The MB's stated goal is to reestablish the Islamic Caliphate to have global rule. Analysts who long said that Sunni and Shiite would never unite are now having to rethink their hypothesis. In the end times, the nations that come against Israel are today Islamic/Arab, Sunni and Shiite. The Bible says the attackers on Israel will unite for a time, but eventually as in Ezekiel 38:21, "every man's sword shall be against his brother." And as the prophecy of Ishmael, Islam's claim to Abraham, in Genesis 16:12, "And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him." The foreign policy of the White House is aiding the establishment of the Caliphate--something that will not easily be reversed even with a change in leaders.

Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!
Bill Wilson
www.dailyjot.com