Despite the fact that Karl Rove says groups like the Muslim Brotherhood are a potentially “dangerous” force in any Egyptian elections, he still has “a certain amount of optimism about Egypt.”
Rove explained to Sean Hannity last night that it’s because the Egyptian people “view themselves not as simply followers of Mohammad, but these are the people who are descended from Ramses and Cleopatra. And as a result they’ve tended to be more western in their orientation, they’ve tended to be more secular.”
It’s not clear what Rove is referring to when he mentions Ramses, but he may be referencing Cleopatra’s famous involvement with Julius Caesar and Marc Anthony, of the Roman Empire.
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