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Here’s another story that the media has been ignoring.
It’s coming out of the new Egypt, the one where Obama’s man
in Cairo is currently establishing an Islamist despotism.
When young Egyptians rose up to revolt against the dictator
Mubarak the media thrilled to the new Arab Spring. It was seeing its beliefs
confirmed: the Obama administration had corrected Bush administration belligerence
and was implementing a policy of outreach to the Muslim world. President Obama had announced it himself in Cairo in 2009.
The media cheered. It cheered some more when good news
starting coming out of the Middle East and North Africa.
When Egyptian youth flooded Tahrir Square in early 2011,
Obama had their back. He called Mubarak and told him to give up power. He
announced that he wanted Mubarak to go.
Obama’s handling of the crisis stood in stark contrast to
his handling of the democratic rebellion in Iran in 2009. There, he sat on his hands and let the mullahs suppress the demonstrations.
Given his special affinity for Islamists, Obama has been making nice with Mohamed Morsi. He is sending foreign aid. He is forgiving
loans. He sent Hillary Clinton to bless the new administration. He enhanced
Morsi’s prestige by making him a peacemaker between Israel and Hamas.
As it happened, sexual abuse of women was on the rise, but no one really cared. I reported the story in September.
Now, the young people of Egypt are again rallying in Tahrir
Square, this time against an Islamist tyranny imposed by Mohamed Morsi.
We are seeing that the Muslim Brotherhood has its own way of
dealing with public demonstrations and protests.
It hires goons to go out and sexually abuse female
demonstrators. It hires thugs to beat up male protesters.
The London Daily Mail has the story. The American media has
been strangely silent about the mistreatment and outright brutalization of
Egyptian women. So far not a word from Tom Friedman or Nick Kristof, both of
whom camped out in Tahrir last year to help usher in the Egyptian Arab Spring.
The Daily Mail reports on what has been happening:
Egypt's
ruling party is paying gangs of thugs to sexually assault women protesting in
Cairo's Tahrir Square against President Mohamed Morsi, activists said.
They
also said the Muslim Brotherhood is paying gangs to beat up men who are taking
part in the latest round of protests, which followed a decree by President
Morsi to give himself sweeping new powers.
And also:
One
protestor, Yasmine, told the newspaper how she had been in the square filming
the demonstrations for a few hours when the crowd suddenly turned.
Before
she knew what was happening, about 50 men had surrounded her and began grabbing
her breasts. She said they ripped off her clothes, starting with her headscarf
and for nearly an hour, indecently assaulted her with their hands.
A few
men tried to help her but they were beaten away. Eventually some residents who
had seen the attack from their windows came to her aid and an elderly couple
pulled her into their home. She suffered internal injuries and was unable to
walk for a week.
Four of
Yasmine's friends were also sexually assaulted in the square that day, in the
summer.
Everyone knows that Egyptian women suffer constant sexual
harassment and sexual abuse. A large majority of Egyptian girls suffer genital
mutilation. The practice is condoned and even facilitated by the Muslim
Brotherhood.
When Hillary Clinton traveled to Cairo to give the
administration blessing to the newly-elected Mohamed Morsi, did she know the
way Egyptian men treat women?
She had to know.
Did she care?
Apparently not.
Does Barack Obama, great defender of Sandra Fluke’s right to
free birth control, know about the way the Muslim Brotherhood treats women in
Egypt?
He must.
Does he care?
Apparently not.
Have American feminists been raising their voices to defend
the dignity of Egyptian women?
Not so much.
The new American policy toward Egypt must be: Hear no evil;
see no evil; speak no evil.
The media is on board with the policy, and will be until Republicans retake control of the White House.
4 comments:
Our foreign policy is worthless now. Obama and his people are destroying America's credibility in every region of the world.
I understand why Obama appointed Hillary as Secretary of State. Many women I know will support anything she says or does. They are emotionally invested in her success and will not tolerate any criticism of her.
"Feminists" ignore Hillary's support for murderous Muslim regimes to support their irrational belief in her.
Obama has been able to harness Hillary's lust for power and use it his advantage.
"The media is on board with the policy, and will be until Republicans retake control of the White House."
They will still be on board with that policy, and loudly condemn any GOP President's efforts to change it.
I meant that if Republicans were in charge the media would insist that the government was evil.
Where is Code Pink when you need them. I wonder why these cowardly feminists are not in Cairo demonstrating in their favorite attire: a female body part suit or maybe sans bra?
Given that they might actually face some real, instead of imagined, violence to demonstrate for the cause., Especially when these same feminists hired Canadian women to do their demonstrating early on.
Everything for the sisterhood, NOT.
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