Biden and the Reinstatement of Obama’s Muslim Brotherhood

Joe Biden was Barack Obama’s vice president for eight years, and his election would mean repeating the same experience, with the same political, economic and public health shortcomings. In his campaign speeches, he reiterates the priorities of the American leadership at the time, reminding listeners of their administration’s alliance with Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood in the failed Arab Spring scheme. He mentions their use of Al-Jazeera’s English and Arabic branches as a media arm in the Arab Spring. Thus, in effect, he exalts the political chaos and economic destruction in the Arab countries, including the losses they suffered, which total almost $830 million. The Arab Spring was bait that Arabs swallowed, not a natural cycle, nor a surging social wave brought on by economic and social circumstances.

America’s relationship with the Brotherhood goes back to the 1950s, following the era in which the British funded its establishment in 1928. The group’s cadre immigrated to the United States 70 years ago and took up important positions in influential American academic institutions, consulting firms and think tanks. This allowed them to assume an exceptional role in preventing decisions that targeted the Brotherhood’s prominent allies, such as Iran, Turkey and Qatar. Kamala Harris, Biden’s running mate, has said that America’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal made the U.S. less safe, which suggests that should Biden win, a return to the deal and the Brotherhood is likely.

Obama allied himself with the Brotherhood and allowed them to participate in determining American politics in the Middle East. He supported their plans in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Syria during the Arab Spring. His administration, more so than others, changed the contents of 800 official documents to remove all mention of political Islam relating to the Muslim Brotherhood. During his tenure, the Democrats opposed classification of the Brotherhood as a terrorist organization and still do, arguing that the Brotherhood is a part of the government in some Arab countries.

The branches of political Islam clearly support Biden’s campaign and oppose that of Donald Trump, since the latter is known for his unfriendly relationship with political Islam. Actually, he works to erase it completely. Members of the Brotherhood stand behind most Western media attacks on the Gulf States and Arab countries, and they have long had a stable presence in the U.S. State Department and Treasury. Arab governments should pursue legal action against Qatar, the Obama administration and the Muslim Brotherhood of America and seek moral and financial compensation for the damages caused by the Arab Spring.

Elections do not necessarily bring good; one such example is Adolf Hitler, the Nazi leader who ruled Germany with an iron fist and led the country into World War II. The Brotherhood has worked in the campaigns of Democratic candidates; they work to form influential organizations that run contrary to the Brotherhood’s ideological facade. The Machiavellianism of the Brotherhood clashes with the artificial idealism of the Democratic Party, but both are willing to make concessions of principle in order to achieve temporary interests.