and what do you think the Muslim Brotherhood represents today? Does their changing of tactics indicate the changing of their objective?
I'm reminded of a nasty group we have here in Oregon called the Oregon Citizens alliance. They have managed to get several ballot measures on the ballot targeting Gay people for persecution. The first was very direct and demanding, and was soundly defeated. They softened the language in the second, and it was defeated, too. They refined their language yet again the third time around. Did this represent a softer, gentler OCA? Of course not, as it only represented calculation.
I've noticed a curious phenomenon over the years in that those who describe themselves as liberal defending uber-conservatism as long as such conservatism arises from outside their own culture, while those describing themselves as conservatism will take on the role of a liberal when confronted with the same conservatism. If a Christian group with beliefs similar to the Muslim Brotherhood were to arise in the United States, and with a similar degree of organization, the same people who are defending the Muslim Brotherhood would be all over it, and I dare say, many of the same ones pointing out its danger here would be looking the other way.
There is nothing moderate about the Muslim Brotherhood. They have eschewed terrorism for now, but that does not mean they have abandoned their agenda. Their agenda is totalitarian in nature, and they are VERY well organized, so let's not fool ourselves into thinking otherwise, o.k.?