Lara Logan’s “assault”: What this says about the Egyptian protesters and the American media

  First off let me say that my thoughts are with Lara Logan and her family; I hope that she is able to make a full recovery (if someone who suffers through such a vicious and depraved attack can ever fully recover  both physically and mentally.)  Lara Logan’s vicious assault  is a new chapter in the story of the Egyptian protests which have dominated the news in the last two weeks and as such I feel that we must examine what this means about both the people protesting in Egypt and the media right here in America.

  I have not written about the Egyptian protests until now because I just didn’t feel as if I knew whether or not it was going to be looked upon in the future as the beginning of true democracy in Egypt or the dawning of the day when a full blown anti-Semitic, anti-American, sharia law Muslim theocracy was born, but I  finally felt compelled to write about it after I read this post over at Capitol Commentary because the assault on Lara Logan tells us quite a bit about some (many?) of the protesters in Egypt as well as the American media. It adds a new dimension to the story.

  To listen to the press you would think that those questions have been answered as the media has been toeing the line on Barack Obama’s latest official statement on the protests–that the future will show that he in on the right side of history. The narrative has been set by the Obama regime and the compliant media has followed right along. The media has not challenged the assertion made by Barack Obama’s Director of National Intelligence–James Clapper–that the MUSLIM Brotherhood is a secular organization, or the statement by Jimmy Carter that the Muslim Brotherhood is not to be feared in the potential upcoming elections when we all know that the worst possible outcome in the overthrow of Mubarak’s regime would be a theocracy set up by the Muslim Brotherhood in combination with the Egyptian military.

 The Obama regime is afraid to confront or even acknowledge the possibility of this outcome and are downplaying the Muslim Brotherhood’s extremism and the media is right there behind him and are not asking the tough questions which are on everyone’s mind who is closely watching this situation. And the reasons for this are twofold: Barack Obama is afraid to offend anyone–even a group as despicable as the Muslim Brotherhood, hoping that if he doesn’t confront them they will suddenly love the infidels–and  he is trying to be politically correct.

  The media has not reported some of the violence that has occurred over there between the protesters and the American media–I suppose chalking them up as isolated events (or non-compliant to the Democrat party line). But when you combine those isolated events and then add to it Lara Logan’s gang rape and beating one has to wonder exactly who these people are who peacefully overthrew their leader of over 30 years.

  It is now being reported that as Lara Logan was being sexually assaulted and beaten that the crowd gathered around to watch the attack were chanting “Jew, Jew” in support of the violence. This tells us quite a bit about many of the protesters there and what kind of government they may have in mind once the situation is finally under control.

  Look at it this way: During the exuberance in the middle of a celebration in which people were supposedly joyous over their newly found freedom several people and a large crowd around them decided that the best way to celebrate would be to rape a Jew. It just occurred to them that this was a proper display of happiness?!

  There is a portion of Muslims who truly believe that the ultimate goal as stated in the Koran is the spread of Islam throughout the world and that all other peoples and religions are second class citizens, and these people believe that the Koran justifies the killing of these infidels.  But Jews, Americans, and other non-Muslims are not the only groups who the radical Muslims feel are second class citizens because listed among the second class citizens within their own faith are women.

   This attack shows us how a certain segment of the Muslim faith feels both about women and about the Jews and it is contrary to the portrayal of these protests in the American media. The fact that so many of the protesters either were engaged directly in the attack or stood by in apparent approval of the attack as they spurred it on shows us that there is a certain portion of the protesters who subscribe to the radicalized version of the Muslim faith–but what portion is it? And will these people come to power under the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood?  Was this yet another isolated attack, I think not just because of the heinous nature of the attack and the apparent approval of many of those who witnessed it.

  But the American media seems to be downplaying this attack as if it were a normal everyday occurrence in any peaceful protest when it is obvious it goes far beyond anything that is acceptable, and they are doing so because they are afraid to break the narrative that the president has given them. While this assault may not be all that uncommon in any country which practices sharia law, it is in direct contrast to the very notion of a country which supposedly wants to move towards a freedom loving and liberties oriented democratic state. The goals of sharia and the goals of democracy are at odds with each other and one has to be concerned about which one will prevail in Egypt moving forward.

   The media’s unflinching loyalty to Barack Obama’s template is almost criminally negligent–to act as if the story has already played out to its logical happy ending when we can see that there is the very real possibility that a brutal misogynistic dictatorship which is hostile to Israel and America could be set up in the ashes of the Mubarak rule is the utmost of irresponsible journalism.

  Barack Obama and the media in America are hoping that the promised elections which are supposed to soon be coming to Egypt will prove them in the right about these protests but even when the elections were fixed under Mubarak the Muslim Brotherhood was still able to win about 20% of the vote and if this poll which was also written about on Capitol Commentary is accurate there is the real possibility that the democratic elections will usher in a new age of repressive, misogynistic totalitarianism that will make the Mubarak regime look tame by comparison.

  Here are some of the numbers from this poll:

49% of Egyptians say Islam plays only a “small role” in public affairs under President Hosni Mubarak, while 95% prefer the religion play a “large role in politics.”• 84% favor the death penalty for people who leave the Muslim faith.

• 82% support stoning adulterers.

• 77% think thieves should have their hands cut off.

• 54% support a law segregating women from men in the workplace.

• 54% believe suicide bombings that kill civilians can be justified.

• Nearly half support the terrorist group Hamas.

• 30% have a favorable opinion of Hezbollah.

• 20% maintain positive views of al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden.

• 82% of Egyptians dislike the U.S. — the highest unfavorable rating among the 18 Muslim nations Pew surveyed.

  Those are frightening numbers to say the least and I feel as if this does not bode well for the future of Egypt, and as a result, of the Middle East in general and for the world as a whole–but Barack Obama seems to be ignoring those numbers. To think that we may be on the verge of seeing our one time ally in the Middle East fall under the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood and sharia law while under Barack Obama’s watch is more than a little troubling.

  While the media is currently trying to give Barack Obama credit for the spreading of democracy in the Middle East by claiming that this is all related to  his speech in Cairo, I can only hope and pray that one year from now we will still be looking back on this in the same light. I can only hope that what is now being credited for starting this revolution in Egypt isn’t seen as the underpinnings of a conflict in the Middle East which will dwarf the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.

  Nobody is hoping that Barack Obama is right about this more than I am, but I am afraid that history will show that Barack Obama was on the wrong side when all hell broke loose. The media is trying to prop up Barack Obama on this issue and is unwilling to challenge him on what now seems as a revolution that could easily spiral out of control. If that happens the media will be duplicitous in their negligence. And need I remind you that this is the same media that goes out of their way to portray the Tea Party protesters as a bunch of racists pigs?