A 24-hour span has seen reports, counterreports, denials, and counterdenials, but the Obama Administration has finally confirmed what was reported in the first place, that the US is going to significantly cut military aid to Egypt’s junta.
Just hours after State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf issued a public denial of the reports that this was coming, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki issued a statement confirming that the cuts will happen and will include large-scale weapons systems as well as cash subsidies to the junta.
Early estimates are the the cuts will amount to several hundred millions of dollars out of the $1.5 billion in annual tribute to the nation, and despite US law obliging a full cut in the event of a military takeover, most of the aid program will remain intact, including direct training aid for the nation’s military leadership.
Psaki’s statement says the cuts are temporary until the junta shows some “progress” toward credible elections, but since the junta has already banned the party that won the last election and arrested most of its leadership, it seems increasingly apparent that a vote, if indeed one happens at all, is going to be among a handful of pro-junta parties.
At least Egypt will have a election kinda like the United States has elections . Egyptian criminals can't run in Egypts electon ., Here in the United State only criminals can run . Isn't democracy wonderfull . No one can say they did not get a oppertunity to vote .
cutting the widows and orphans money but the army will still be paid.
This is not about Egypt military ruler or government, this is about weakening the system all together. One way or the other Saudis and Israelis needs to be protected, one way or the other Saudis and Israelis territory needs to be expand, therefore you have Syrian war and no Libyan government. USG is up to its fake silver dollar in these calculated Islamization and extension of Saudis and Israelis political and economic interests, a weaker Egypt will fall faster or lean toward Islamization then democracy, either way they need weapons to fight sunny Islamist terrorism and money to run the government business's, Saudis have the money and USG the weapons. This is beginning of a more deceptive US Obama politics safeguarding the Saudis peninsula and expending it to north and other part of Africa.
Remember this: the enemy of my enemy is my friend, that's the politics nailed on the wall by Bush regime followed by Obama manipulative politics for people to think that USG have nothing to do with all that wars, coming wars and planed wars for next twenty years.
Even with all the government "shutdown" BS, I imagine aid to Israel continues unimpeded.
Taking away less than half of billions of dollars of illegal aid to a military junta: Obama's greatest achievement as a Nobel Peace Prize winner.
> tribute to the nation
Really, subsidy to the ruling clique. I imagine a serious percentage of that "flows back" to the US military-industrial complex anyway.