James Clapper (Director of National Intelligence)

"The term Muslim Brotherhood is an umbrella term for a variety of movements. In the case of Egypt, a very heterogeneous group, largely secular, which has eschewed violence and has decried al-Qaeda as a perversion of Islam."

Maybe I've missed something about the Brotherhood; America's top intelligence officer surely knows more than a simple citizen like myself on this matter...Then again, maybe not.

"The Muslim Brotherhood is the antithesis of a secular organization as asserted today by James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence. Clapper's statement presents a significant concern that our primary Intelligence officer has a complete lack of understanding of an organization that presents the greatest threat to the security of the United States. The Director of Intelligence is either grossly naïve or covering up for an ideology that is in an ideological war with the United States and western society.  The Muslim Brotherhood is built on the ideology of political Islam which adheres to a belief in Islamic Supremacy. To be a secular organization the Brotherhood would have to completely disavow the very beliefs that define the organization.  Further, the Muslim Brotherhood is a threat to the political process in a post-Mubarak Egypt and throughout the middle-east...Our Intelligence community cannot afford to allow political correctness or this severally mistaken understanding of the Brotherhood to enter the conversation of how we will confront the changes in Egypt.  As we deal with political Islam domestically and abroad it has hundreds of permutations from the most violent (Al Qaeda) to the non-violent (Islamist groups in the west). They all are pursuing the same goal which is the Islamic state based in Sharia Law. This is because they all share the same roots - The Muslim Brotherhood...If America gets this conflict wrong we are doomed to become accomplices in the ascendency (sp) of Islamic theocracy throughout the world which ultimately threatens our national security." - Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser (President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy)

Heaven help us, because it doesn't seem like our president and his minions are up to the task.