Trump Targets Muslim Brotherhood, Ignores Saudi Funding
President Trump's reported move to designate segments of the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organizations, highlighted by the NY Times, conveniently sidesteps decades of cozy U.S. relations with regimes that actively supported and propagated similar Islamist groups. It's a familiar pattern: targeting convenient 'threats' while ignoring the hand that fed them, often funded by supposed U.S. allies.
(One might wonder if the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a consistent patron of various Islamist movements and a major U.S. arms customer, has ever made the terrorist list.) This isn't about genuine counter-terrorism; it's about geopolitical chess, where the definition of 'terrorist' shifts with political convenience and oil prices. The irony is lost on no one paying attention, as administrations
demonize groups abroad while simultaneously arming and trading with their ideological benefactors. How many inconvenient truths must be buried to maintain the façade of fighting terror?