CAIRO — What would America do if there were hundreds of protesters out on the streets: blocking major roads, shutting down businesses, inciting fear into the citizens and terrorizing cities and churches? One would hope that American security forces would disperse the protesters and maintain civil society and the rule of law.

So why is America condemning the actions of the Egyptian authorities for doing that very thing? It makes no sense, unless your allegiance is on the side of the terrorist organization of the Muslim Brotherhood.

On Friday, the Times of Israel reported that Egyptian security forces arrested over 200 terrorists in the Sinai Peninsula in the last 48 hours and 85 percent of the smuggling tunnels in Sinai had been destroyed, along with 30 fuel pumps.

The Obama administration should be supporting and encouraging the Egyptian people in their war on terror, and not condemning it. The Muslim Brotherhood members are not “peaceful protesters” — they are very far from it. The protesters were using women and children as shields, gathering and storing weapons inside their camps to be used against the Egyptian authorities, and terrorizing the Egyptian population by committing violent acts against the citizens.

But yet, President Obama has the audacity to “call on the Egyptian authorities to respect the universal rights of all people.” President Obama condemned the actions of the Egyptian authorities in doing their job: protecting the Egyptian people and maintaining law and order.

For a clearer understanding of the situation in Egypt, it helps to look at the response from America’s enemies towards the removal of former President Morsi.

The Taliban issued a statement condemning the way the sit-in protests were dispersed and called for Islamic scholars and preachers to stand against the Egyptian authorities. The spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who has called for the killing of American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, issued a fatwa in support of Morsi and called for the Islamist youth to go to Egypt for jihad against the Egyptian army.

Al-Qaida’s Egyptian leader Ayman al-Zawahiri condemned the disposal of Morsi and criticized the Islamists for losing power and not uniting to implement sharia (Islamic) law. In a released video, he stated “we have to admit first that legitimacy does not mean elections and democracy, but legitimacy is the shariah, which is above all the constitutions and laws.”

Why would the Obama administration stand with terrorist organizations and against the secularist Egyptian government that seek an Egypt for all Egyptians? This makes no sense. What side of the “war on terror” is the U.S. government on? This should be taken into serious question given this administration’s position in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and now Syria.

How can America be so wrong on the situation in Egypt? How can our officials not understand that Egypt is fighting the war on terror, the “war on terror” that America has been fighting for over a decade. The very same people that the Obama administration is doing all it can to support and defend in Egypt, are the very same ideologically aligned group of people that killed thousands of innocent Americans on 9/11, thousands of American troops in Iraq, and are still killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

But yet, the Obama administration cares more about protecting the “rights” of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt than the civil society of Egypt. This is unacceptable from a president of the country that represents freedom and liberty to the world.

The patriotism and unity of the Egyptian people in their fight against terrorism should be a rallying call for all freedom loving people around the world to rise up and take a stand against terrorism, but the exact opposite is happening. The international community is condemning the actions of the heroic Egyptian security forces.

What Egypt has done should awaken America for us to say enough is enough with the policy of “apology and appeasement” from the Obama administration, and take a stand against aiding our enemies and spurning our allies. We must support the Egyptian people and their war on terrorism: for it directly affects the national security of America for this generation and generations to come.

Dahl is senior Middle East correspondent for Stand Up America, a national non-profit organization much of whose leadership is based in Kalispell.