As a result, the major premise of current US policy is that a loss of trust by the Islamists in the democratic process would have adverse consequences, and that the restoration of the old regimes could threaten Western interests more than a Muslim Brotherhood government would. America is now wisely building working relations with the new Islamist leaders, in the hope that they will not endanger the region’s US-brokered peace agreements (Israel-Jordan and Israel-Egypt) or interfere with America’s drive to halt Iran’s nuclear ambitions.