The Obama administration’s plan to pour $65 million into Egypt this year, supposedly to help organize new political parties, has sparked a powerful backlash from the interim military government, Islamist parties and even some reform-minded activists. Groups taking American money are seen as agents of a foreign government and Egyptians are loath to allow another American puppet rule their country.
Egyptians United Against US Interference
John Glaser writes for Antiwar.com.
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