http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/feb/03/us-fear-muslim-brotherhood
The Obama administration needs to open its mind to the likelihood that the Muslim Brotherhood will be part of Egypt's post-Mubarak government. The Brotherhood has long formed the primary opposition to Egypt's dictatorship, and its members permeate Egyptian society from top to bottom. For them not to play a central role now would simply set the stage for continuing uncertainty, renewed oppression and future conflict.
In Iran, ignorance of Islamist political forces led the United States to overestimate the secular leadership and overreact to the emergence of a religious leadership. In Egypt, the secular opposition, ill-formed and inexperienced, is being touted as the main hope for a transition to free elections. Yet free elections will certainly confer legitimacy on the Brotherhood and award them a substantial bloc of parliamentary seats.
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