[quote name='dmaul1114']Of course. With the Muslim Brotherhood winning majority in Egypt etc.
Not saying it's a new concern. Just a more visible and extreme manifestation that concerns about the rise of fundamentalists is a serious issue.[/QUOTE]
Morsi has actually done a lot of good things for that country already. People respect him even if they differ with regards to faith, and in general, he's had very few public slip-ups that would cause concern for the US. I know the tag "Muslim Brotherhood" has a very negative connotation, and in some ways rightfully so, but the fact that the US tells the world they need to become democracies, then bitch with the wrong candidate wins is disturbing.
From a technical perspective, an Islamic fundamentalist government would likely be extremely isolationist, not want much Western influence around, and as long as there aren't 10 military bases in their backyard, would be happy to run around in the desert doing their thing. The problem is, there are strings attached to all these guys, whether it be loans, aid, military support, which is introduced by Russia, the US, China, and others.
Having tons of Egyptian friends, including a couple that had been over there for the past summer and just got back, Egypt under Morsi compared to Egypt undder Mubarek is much, much better. I know quite a few Libyans, one who actually went there to fight against Gaddafi during the uprising, and they, along with the Egyptians I know, are both horribly saddened to see the actions of a group of thugs and morons, many of which don't really have strong feelings against the film, but are looking for a reason to loot, riot, and cause trouble.
...now, regarding the film. Considering the financiers...and the producer, and their very strong anti-Islam bigotry, they HAVE to be sitting somewhere just laughing their balls off. This is exactly what they wanted. They wanted to expose the whackos internationally as whackos, wanted it to paint a negative light on Islam, and absolutely accomplished this mission. I watched a few YouTube clips of it, and it was worse than some of the silly student films I was in in college with respect to production value and acting. If they spent $5mill on that, they really overpaid. It was just a gross, nasty thing to produce, which served no benefit, and only caused anger, and now death. Not legitimizing the reaction to it in any way-it's completely irrational and counter-productive, but the producer of the film has to be immensely proud of what he has started. There are a lot of sick people involved in the instigation and reaction to it.
twat.
