The U.S. President did not go to Saudi Arabia to offer condolences but rather to promote Iran and "The Terrorists". Obama has expressed reservations over what happened in Egypt on 30 June. He stressed the importance of supporting Political Islam (with reference to the Muslim Brotherhood, (MB). He said the security of the Gulf region was an indispensable part of U.S.-Iranian negotiations. His first message: the situation in Egypt The White House pushes for dialogue and reconciliation with the Brotherhood. Al Sisi refuses. Saudi Arabia confirms: we shall not adopt a stand that contradicts that of the Egyptian leaders... and the Egyptian President's National Security Advisor Faiza Abou El Naga gives the U.S delegates a lesson they will not forget. U.S. sources have leaked information to Qatar and Turkey about a change in the Saudi position with regard to Egypt. Egypt believes U.S. support of the Brotherhood is behind the recent escalation in bombing incidents. Obama's biased point of view regarding the Egyptian situation was severely attacked during a meeting between the U.S. delegates and Faiza Aboul Naga. Many messages were delivered to the new Saudi leadership during Obama's visit to Saudi Arabia, to offer condolences on the death of King Abdallah bin Abdel Aziz. Obama arrived in Riyadh 27 January last with a delegation that included ex-ministers and Democratic and Republican congressmen. The U.S. delegation also included John Brennan, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, (CIA). Obama clearly defined the U.S. point of view with regard to the Egyptian situation. He spoke about the election experience and its outcome, in reference to the 2012 election that brought the Brotherhood to power. Obama also considered that the procedures that followed isolated some of the political forces in a non-democratic way. Obama ignored the Egyptian people's revolution of June 30 , which was all the democracy any community could wish for. He turned a blind eye to all the acts of terror perpetrated during the year the Brotherhood was in power. The American Administration also failed to notice the 3 July 2013 decree that ended the Brotherhood's rule, and Obama expressed reservations over the road map that the Egyptian public had chosen as a logical outcome to their Revolution. In speaking to the new Saudi leadership, Obama stated that no matter what the results that democracy produces, they have to be respected, because that is the right key to resolving any crisis. He was making an oblique reference to the outcome of the 2012 elections. He continued that Egyptians should have taken the democratic path to correct the Muslim Brotherhood's actions, or to isolate the MB if they were unresponsive. He said that what happened in Egypt had encouraged many of the Egyptians and people in other countries to support terrorism and had created an environment in which it could flourish. Obama summarized the logical outcome of the U.S. Administration's point of view as follows: an Egyptian-Egyptian dialogue should be initiated to end the impasse. Strangely, this same opinion was echoed by many parties that the U.S. had recently contacted, in secret. These parties have used the same language to call for a so-called conciliation, ignoring, just as Obama and his Administration have ignored, the blood that has been shed and the slaughter that is still being perpetrated the whole length and breadth of the country, as a result of the operations the terrorist organization and its allies have launched and are launching. Obama candidly asked the Saudi side to support U.S. efforts in this regard. He also warned the Gulf countries against supporting one side and confronting the other. He asked the new leadership under King Salman bin Abdel Aziz to play a reconciliatory role, and to be supportive of a national dialogue in Egypt, which may eventually lead to a settlement that was acceptable to everyone. He confirmed that this was the only way to counter the terrorist extremism of Political Islam. The Saudi side did not comment on what Obama had said which made the U.S. side believe that the Saudis agreed with the American view as expressed by the U.S. President. It is worth noting here, that some of those who adopted that view were basing it on a previous conversation with the present Crown Prince Mohamed bin Nayef when he was Minister of the Interior, during his visit to Washington on 12 December 2014. Prince Mohamed clearly refused any intervention in any of the areas of conflict, namely Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Egypt. The Saudi minister said that these countries had enough domestic trouble because of the terrorist groups. Saudi Arabia needed to concentrate on its internal scene, so as not to give an excuse to the terrorist organizations to retaliate against the Kingdom because of Saudi efforts to confront them abroad. The U.S. position was quite clear as far as Egypt was concerned: Saudi Arabia should stop supporting the Egyptian regime, and instead support the U.S. position that was aimed at achieving an internal settlement through which the Brotherhood should return to the Egyptian political arena. The core of the message that was being conveyed is: "Block the possibility of a victory of the collective Egyptian will over the plan drawn up by the U.S. and the West to subdivide the region." The Saudi Administration, especially the new one, knows all about this plan and the Gulf states may have been even more aware of it than Cairo. U.S. sources have leaked information to Qatar and Turkey that there has been a change in the Saudi position with respect to what has happened in Egypt. There followed a deluge of analyses claiming that Saudi had changed its policy towards Egypt, and that the new leadership had immensely reduced the support it provided to President Al Sisi's regime. Unfortunately this bait was soon swallowed by the Egyptian and Arab media channels, which did not seriously try to check the accuracy or the source of the reports. However, Saudi media sources, close to the new leadership, absolutely denied all the leaked information; yet no official announcement was made, which served to weaken this denial. The leaked information raised some Egyptian concerns. So after Obama had left the region, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and the head of General Intelligence Khalid Fawzi paid a quick visit to Riyadh. The aim was to learn more about Obama's message to Saudi Arabia and its results. The Saudis informed the Egyptians that there was absolutely no change to Saudi Arabia's support of the Egyptian regime. The Saudis confirmed their support of all that the Egyptians approved of, and said they would never adopt a position that the Egyptian leaders might reject. The Egyptian leadership was still concerned about two issues: That the U.S. might convince the Saudis of the option of an internal dialogue in Egypt. That the U.S. would keep betting on the so-called essential role the Brotherhood could play in the region. After the return of the Egyptian delegation, Egypt's diplomats were mobilized everywhere, especially in the Gulf states, (the United Arab Emirates, (UAE), Kuwait and Bahrain) to clarify Egypt's rejection of any reconciliation with the murderous terrorists. The U.S. Administration reacted very blatantly by meeting a Brotherhood delegation on January 25-29, sending a clear message to everyone that the Brotherhood was still a political option for the Americans. The Brotherhood's presence is an integral part of Egyptian diplomacy in the eyes of the U.S. This is and has always been the option adopted by Washington, despite its rejection by the government and people of Egypt. Coinciding with this U.S. position was feverish Brotherhood activity in Turkey, which has clearly become the operational headquarters of activities against Egypt. These activities include broadcasts by four Brotherhood satellite channels, transmitting from Turkey. These channels incite violent acts and the planting of bombs in Egypt, day and night. They also make announcements and give directives for the implementation of certain operations. All these actions are met with absolute U.S. silence. It is only that silence that has allowed Turkey to dare to play this role in undermining Egypt's stability. Aboul Naga with Unofficial U.S. Delegates: These activities coincided with a visit to Egypt by an unofficial U.S. delegation. The visit was an investigative one; it was also meant to support Obama's view regarding an Egyptian-Egyptian dialogue, between the leadership and the Brotherhood, to reach a consensual solution. The reason announced for the visit was to put U.S.- Egyptian relations back on track, before they worsened beyond repair. The U.S. delegates included former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley, former Commander in Chief of the U.S. Central Command Anthony Zinni, former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt Daniel Kurtzer, President of the Middle East, (ME), Institute Wendy Chamberlin, and Vice President of the ME Institute Paul Salem. The delegates held numerous meetings before their meeting with President Al Sisi to complement Obama's stance regarding the situation in Egypt, which is pushing for dialogue. Obama's position is a totally incomprehensible one since it equates a legitimate state with blind terrorism that wants to impose itself on the Egyptians by force of arms. For this reason the meeting with Faiza Aboul Naga, did not follow the diplomatic code. Aboul Naga fiercely attacked Obama's biased view regarding the Egyptian situation. She denounced, as support for terrorism, the U.S. Administration's policy of silence and of opening communication channels with the Brotherhood. She clearly explained to the delegates that the terrorism that was attacking Egypt was that of the Brotherhood itself. She also provided them with documents to support her words. She pointed out that the claim that the Daesh (IS) phenomenon was the only source of terrorism in the region was a deception. She confirmed that IS had no presence in Egypt and that the criminal operations were being carried out by the Brotherhood, with support from numerous countries such as Qatar and Turkey. Aboul Naga also explained that there was a strategic difference between the U.S. view of the scene in Egypt and the Egyptian one which was based on real facts and events. She said that in order to protect its security and stability, Egypt would continue its war against terrorism, which would spread to all the states in the region if it was victorious against the Egyptians. She absolutely rejected making distinctions between the Islamic movements in the region since they all had a common origin, namely the terrorist Brotherhood group. Aboul Naga told the U.S. delegates: "We wonder at and we deplore, the U.S. silence regarding the Turkish role and Turkey allowing the Brotherhood satellite channels to wage a war against Egypt. The U.S. needs to adopt a clear position. Aboul Naga referred to the way the U.S. used to deal with the media in the past, monitoring the Egyptian media, (both the state and private media), and sending numerous complaints via its State Department, demanding an end to what it described as Egyptian media transgressions. Aboul Naga posed the question, "How can Turkey declare war against Egypt without the U.S. denouncing such behavior?" She added, "We already know that no matter what Turkey's position is, the U.S. is quite capable of reining it in, if it so wished." Egyptian diplomatic sources have clearly and candidly announced that if it were not for the U.S. silence and hidden support of the Brotherhood, they would not have dared to do what they did, escalating bombing operations against military and civilian targets. Obama has clearly stated, "Whoever thinks that the war against terror is limited to military confrontation is wrong. The battle is a long, exhausting and costly one; and the military effort should be supported by other efforts. Obama has also declared, "If we fail to clean up the areas harboring terrorism in the region, then no matter what successes the military achieves, it will not be able to knock out terrorism. For the first time, Obama explained his administration's vision of the status quo, refusing to place all of Political Islam in one basket. He stressed the importance of upholding moderate Islam, to counter terrorism, insinuating that the Brotherhood was moderate. He also pointed out that such a strategy was basic to defeating terrorism. Obama said, "When we fight political Islam in absolute terms, we will be providing immense support to IS and similar movements." He deliberately forgot that IS and Al Qaida are U.S. creations, par excellence. His lament over the Brotherhood is nothing but a show of crocodile tears shed to mourn the failure of the Trojan horse that Washington tried to use to invade and subdivide the region. Egyptians were able to foil this scheme when they took to the streets on 30 June, which made the U.S. Administration look for other options. What was needed was an alternative that would put the Brotherhood back on track, to continue what it had begun, since no one else can take up its role. Obama was seeking a final solution when he told King Salman that Gulf security and stability was an important part of U.S.-Iranian negotiations. He said that the U.S. could not jeopardize its strategic and historic relations with the Gulf states and especially Saudi Arabia. He added that the U.S. was ready to have the Gulf states take part in the negotiations at a later stage. Obama also said that the U.S. could not sign a final agreement with Iran if the Gulf states had any reservations about any of the articles of the agreement. He added that rejecting negotiations with Iran was not in the interests of the Gulf states. This was message delivered by Obama during his recent visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It summarizes Washington's position. We now have to choose between U.S. interests and our interests, between retribution for the blood of our sons, the men and officers of the army and the police who have been killed, and a reconciliation. In his speech on Police Day, President Al Sisi firmly declared that whosoever shall take up arms to kill Egyptians will be confronted with the full force of the law. In this way, the elected President confirmed the option which has been the choice of Egyptians, including himself, for some time, namely, reconciliation is utterly rejected. A poetic end: No reconciliation Even for gold With plucked out eyes Can you behold Anything? With rubies in their place Will you see? There are things That have no fee.
