The Latest Quackery From Egypt

When I was a kid, my Dad had a joke that Hitler was alive and well-working at Lockheed. He was joking. The man described below isn't. Egypt: the Arab nation with the long history of civilization and education, the most populous and important nation in the Arab world. And this is what their leaders believe-or at least preach. Those 6 million Jews that died in the Holocaust? Not true, says an aide to Mohammed Morsi, the president. According to Fathi Shihab Eddim, they just immigrated to the US.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/01/29/aide-to-egyptian-president-morsi-claims-holocaust-us-hoax/

I guess this quack never heard of the good ship St Louis, which carried Jewish German refugees from Germany to Cuba and off the coast of the US before World War II only to be turned back to Europe, where most of them were captured and killed by the German in occupied lands during the war. I guess he never heard of Hajj Amin Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, who lived in Berlin during WW II,  where he met with Hitler, made radio broadcasts back to the Arab world urging his listeners to drive out the Jews, and from where he organized a Bosnian SS division. And guess where the Mufti would up after the war instead of in Nuremberg- in Egypt, safe and sound.

I also assume the wise sage in Cairo working with Morsi has been reading Hitler's book, Mein Kampf (Jihad), still a best-seller in the Middle East as is that famous history, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

These are the fanatics with whom the Israelis are supposed to deal with. Under Sadat and Mubarak, they could. This is the Muslim Brotherhood in power now. And just think; our CIA director-designate, John Brennan, thinks these guys are a bunch of secular folks baking boy scout cookies. And don't forget those  F-16s on their way to Egypt from the US. Here is a copy of the letter State Department sent o Senator James Imhofe in reponse to his concerns (hat tip Weasel Zippers).

http://weaselzippers.us/2013/01/29/obama-admin-praises-morsi-while-defending-decision-to-gift-muslim-brotherhood-regime-f-16s/


As for Mr Shihab-Eddim, I predict his future is bright. He'll probably wind up teaching Middle East Studies at UC Berkeley with Hatem Bazian.

And who is Hatem Bazian, you ask?

You don't wanna know.