The Issue: Whether the bloodshed in Cairo can be blamed on supporters of ousted President Morsi.
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Unfortunately, Ralph Peters tells it like it is (“This Blood Is on the Hands of Muslim Brotherhood,” Aug. 15).
Certainly, the Muslim Brotherhood hasn’t suddenly morphed into a peaceful, tolerant organization, but continues its murderous ways in an effort to control Egypt, destroy the Coptic community and impose Sharia law that forbids the presence of other religions.
In 1978, under Jimmy Carter, we made the mistake of supporting radical Islam, and the result haunts us to this day with an Iran that threatens not only our allies, but our citizens, wherever they may be.
Nelson Marans
Silver Spring, Md.
Thanks to Peters and The Post for getting it right on the military vs. Muslim Brotherhood battle in Egypt.
I read The New York Times’ editorial on the subject, and it gave the opposite opinion on the carnage, which matches the Obama administration’s floundering.
It is sad that so many Americans are misled.
Massacres occur everywhere throughout the Middle East and Africa, but Secretary of State John Kerry and President Obama seem unwilling or unable to deal with the outcome of the Arab Spring.
Instead, America’s leaders put pressure on their only ally in the Middle East, Israel, to give “goodwill gestures” to those committed to Israel’s destruction.
Peters reminds us that it is the same Islamist fanaticism that is the “enemy of the Egyptian people and the American people.”
Mohammed Morsi is the Muslim Brotherhood and his supporters are ready to die for Islam, so it is any wonder that the number of dead is so high?
Helen Freedman
Manhattan
Our president has recognized the suffering of the Muslim Brotherhood as it defies and attacks its government.
But he does not recognize the evil they do.
Egypt’s Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has witnessed his troops murdered by the Brotherhood recently, and yet our president does not see this as wrong. Obama can only criticize the deaths of Brotherhood insurgents who oppose Egypt’s current government.
If we are going to “meddle into other people’s affairs,” as he has said, then let us support the cause of those who seek to stabilize a nation.
Carol Fineblum
Needham, Mass.