Will we be able to buy off the Muslim Brotherhood?| Off-Topic Discussion forum |

z31maniac SuperDork
5/6/11 8:15 a.m.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/009e8a1a-7736-11e0-aed6-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1LZqp4KBC

“We should now raise our voice to ask for: an end to normalisation [with Israel] which has given our enemy stability; an end to [Egyptian] efforts to secure from infiltrators the borders of the Zionists; the abolition of all [joint] economic interests such as the Qualified Industrial Zones agreement and the export of Egyptian gas to Israel,” said Mohamed Badie, the Brotherhood’s leader."

Will our military aid and duty-free imports be enough to keep the relationship stable?

DoctorBlade HalfDork
5/6/11 9:14 a.m.

You can't buy off a terrorist. The Muslim Brotherhood is just that.

N Sperlo Reader
5/6/11 9:24 a.m.

DoctorBlade wrote: You can't buy off a terrorist. The Muslim Brotherhood is just that.

I agree. You can keep them quiet for some time, but something will happen to piss them off and all hell will ensue.

oldsaw SuperDork
5/6/11 9:36 a.m.

Thomas Jefferson knew how to "deal" with the likes of the MB.

WilberM3 HalfDork
5/6/11 10:02 a.m.

N Sperlo wrote:
DoctorBlade wrote: You can't buy off a terrorist. The Muslim Brotherhood is just that.
I agree. You can keep them quiet for some time, but something will happen to piss them off and all hell will ensue.

and by then you've bought them off long enough to fund them better than they could have done on their own.

z31maniac SuperDork
5/6/11 10:49 a.m.

DoctorBlade wrote: You can't buy off a terrorist. The Muslim Brotherhood is just that.

We've been buying peace between Egypt and Israel for YEARS now with military aid.

I'm curious if the promise of continued military aid will be enough to convince the MB to stay at peace with Israel.

wearymicrobe Reader
5/6/11 11:15 a.m.

z31maniac wrote: We've been buying peace between Egypt and Israel for YEARS now with military aid.

Please the Egyptians cannot afford to provide the level of security at their border that would come from not having the treaty. The military there knows that they were the ones who pushed for it originally.