<![CDATA[Pick One: Fear Of Islamists Or Support For Democracy]]>

<![CDATA[Pick One: Fear Of Islamists Or Support For Democracy]]>by Patrick Appel

[W]e must not allow fears of Islamists to short-circuit support for such transitions. ... I've long expected that if Egypt got the democratic change which so many in Washington talk about, there would be a rapid and intense backlash as the still powerful Muslim Brotherhood necessarily played a major role and as popular opposition to the Mubarak government's foreign policy jeopardized American and Israeli interests. I'm hoping to be proven wrong.

We're about to get a test: the Muslim Brotherhood will join Friday's protests. NR's editorial makes clear that NR will not welcome the Muslim Brotherhood's role in a reformed Egypt:

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