Isn't freedom in the interest of America?
If its freedom to practice & express western Values then yes, but if its freedom to practice Sharia law & allow them to spead it across the globe then I would say no. There freedom to do that should be supressed.
You could argue that free elections and an end to Mubarak's tyranny is a cause Americans should appreciate, because that's the essense of Western values. America even invaded Iraq to advance these very values of freedom. That the Muslim Brotherhood gets influence once authoritarian rule ends, is an unfortunate side effect.
If they are allowed to gain too much influence the authoritarian rule will not end it will probably get worse, especially for the Coptic christians & the more secular elements of this society.
If America kept supporting a tyrant, just because this tyrant is friendly towards the US and its interests, could damage America's interests by damaging America's credibility -- especially when this tyrant uses violence to oppress or even strike down a mass protest supported by a majority of the population.
The problem is just that freedom is risky in this case.
You have no clue what you are talking about here or where this is headed. Looking at the history of the ME there is a better chance this so called revolution will end up with an even more tyranical regime than the one that is leaving.
One that has pledged to scrap the peace treaty with Israel & resume the war.
One that will treat its minorities much like its Islamist neibor in Sudan where the Copts
may very well be persecuted much like the people of Darfur & Southern Sudan.
One that imposes Sharia law on the populace much the way the Islamist regime in Iran does.
The Muslim Brotherhood is at war with the west its just that people like you who dont understand what is going on that dont know this. Publicy the Brotherhood promotes peaceful means, while there military wings which include Hamas & Al Qaeda carry out there true agenda. If the Brotherhood ever gains control of Egypts powerful military which includes over 1000 M1 battle tanks along with hundreds of F16 fighter jets the whole region is in for big trouble.
So even if the majority in Egypt want the Brotherhood I would never let that happen if I am an American president & can do anything at all about it, which means supporting a dictator or not. Another war with Israel would no doubt lead to thousands of dead Egyptians and Israelis and I'm not sure how that is in anyones interests especially Egypts whose been on the receiving end of the beating in the previous encounters.
If they can pull off an election with a Brotherhood free government then I'm all for it but looking at similiar attempts around the ME, I'd say thats wishful thinking. One example being Lebanon where a free election was held democratically then its leader was assasinated. Then his son was elected only to be bullied out by the terroist group Hezbollah.