Monday June 16, 2008

I've Been Thinking:

I am fascinated when one Muslim leader criticizes another Muslim leader.
This internal critique is one of the best ways we in the West have for looking at the Muslim world and understanding the real tensions within.

The foreign minister of Egypt must have exceeded his boiling point to publicly dress down Iran as he did yesterday.
Ahmed Aboul Gheit made it very clear that Iranian involvement in the Region has not been "positive."
He said that the influence of Iran in Lebanon and with the Palestinian has been for the good of Iran and not for the betterment of the Region.
He wanted to make it clear to Iran that Egypt is looking out for the Region.

In his own words Aboul Gheit said:
"The political cards which Iran holds ... it holds out of a desire to defend Iranian interests. It might be Iran's right to try, but Egypt has a right to defend Arab territory."

"You now find that Iran is on a surge and it imagines that it is able to influence the region. Perhaps they can influence the region, but we always say to our friends in Iran: 'Let the influence on the region be positive.'"

He said that the Iranians are fighting the Americans and need cards to play the game. "This has a negative effect on the Palestinian question, definitely, and in Lebanon to some extent."

Egypt is not mincing any words.
Egypt is telling Iran to butt out and mind their own business.

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