https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/18/these-guys-are-thugs/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 08:33:07 -0400<![CDATA[It&#8217;s not that Mohamed ElBaradei, the Nobel Prize-winning former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency and Egypt&#8217;s unofficial opposition leader, doesn&#8217;t know all that. But he believes something else, too &#8212; that he finally has President Mohamed Morsy right where he wants him. In a wide-ranging interview with Foreign Policy at his home outside Cairo, ElBaradei described why the ruling Muslim Brotherhood was on its back foot, and slammed the United States for remaining silent in the face of the Islamist organization&#8217;s growing autocratic tendencies.]]>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:25:44 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/18/these-guys-are-thugs-n98374