THANKS FOR THE WARMTH, FELLAS - AT 11:31 P.M. ET:  Those who claim to speak for Islam are expressing deep thoughts over President Obama's upcoming trip to Egypt.  From AP:

Egypt's most powerful opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, on Saturday called President Barack Obama's upcoming trip to Egypt useless unless the U.S. shows dramatic change in its policies toward Arab and Islamic countries.

The White House on Friday announced that Obama would deliver a speech in Egypt on U.S. relations with the Muslim world on June 4 as he seeks to repair damaged ties between America and Islamic countries.

But the Brotherhood's deputy leader, Mohammed Habib, said he was skeptical about Obama's intentions, according to comments posted on the group's Web site.

"The trip will be useless unless it is preceded by real change in the policies of the U.S. administration toward the Arab and Islamic world," Habib said.

COMMENT:  The Brotherhood is important because of its extensive influence over Islamic fundamentalist movements, including terrorist groups.  We hope that the starry eyed among the president's advisers come down to Earth and understand that there are elements in the Muslim world that will accept nothing less than the eventual subjugation of the West.  And some of us have the nerve to think that would be very bad.

May 9, 2009