Uglier, indeed. US should leverage Hamas' stand against statehood to kill it somehow.
The Saudis are driving the bid for statehood. Yes, exploiting it. I didn't know about the oil situation. This abandonmnet thing is big, regardless of fungibility.
Obama screwed us big time, alright. But wouldn't it have happened anyway when Mubarak kicks the bucket? Regardless, now it's our fault and solidifies their belief that the US is taking down the dictators (including them).
Shahzad explains the al qaeda Egyptian roots and how Marxism ties in. The bad guys are taking Egypt, they will have their terror state.
Goes a long way towards explaining the liberal-Islamist alliance, imo. I suspect most liberals don't realize they have been coopted by Marxists. Maybe they do. But the people-friendly social club aspect is really coopted by the dark side communist Left. Totalitarianism, bring down America, that's their creed. Create class warfare as they're setting up today. So much more. We're in deep trouble from the Communist takeover. Now we'll be in deep trouble from the Islamists (Saudi/Egyptian) using the communist model to infiltrate. Iran has its own set of problems.
I'm beginning to see the roots of that conspiracy to usher in Islam to the US that I discussed prior. Answering questions like how did the US government come to place a 9/11 memorial to Islamists, not to the heros that prevented them from brining down our seat of government in PA, an outdoor mosque. Done over objections of the 9/11 families, I might add. When it gets to this level, have to wonder how we can reverse it.