This is how overeager faux sophistication filters downward through self-consciously bourgie cocktail parties, until it hardens into conventional wisdom. Allahpundit calls it "disgraceful from beginning to end", which are strong words coming from the center-right's most measured blogger.

This began with that absurd Foreign Affairs article that tried to outweigh the MB's overwhelming and fundamental commitment to sharia with half-uttered suggestions that maybe some time in the future the MB might be less genocidal (also: they love kids!) The fact that it's appearing in a popular news magazine instead of an elite foreign policy journal doesn't make the argument any less stupid. Or any less execrable.

Bonus question: Is the rapprochement between the MB and the American realist-Democratic camp being driven by media coverage of MB reform? Or are partisans in think tanks and newsrooms making excuses for policies that are being informally floated by realists and Democrats?

References:
* Mullahs Gone Mild [Newsweek]
* Newsweek shills for Islamists: This ain't your daddy's Muslim Brotherhood [HA]
* Muslim Brotherhood Mocks People Who Think That the "Right of Return" Is A "Two State Solution" [MR]

Previously:
* Egypt Promises To Fulfill Treaty Obligations - Later
* Persecution Of Baha'is In Egypt and Iran Fails To Gain International Attention [Video]
* Egypt Is Kind Of Insane, Dangerous

Cross-posted to:
* The Astute Bloggers