Several denials and counterdenials later, US military aid to Egypt has ended up being cut, though only a fraction of the $1.5 billion annually will be effected by the move.
The announcement has led to angry condemnations from Israeli and Egyptian officials, with Israel insisting that not sending Egypt the aid unconditionally would be seen as a sign of “weakness” by the Arab world.
US officials had insisted the aid was vital to keeping “influence” over Egypt, and that the cuts would be retracted once the military junta, which seized power in Egypt in July, showed some sign of moving toward something resembling democracy.
Underscoring just how little influence those billions actually bought, however, Egyptian officials insisted that the US cuts would have no effect on their ongoing policy, which is to promise an eventual return to “civilian” government involving the pro-military political parties running against one another in an election that will exclude the former elected government.
"…would be seen as a sign of “weakness” by the Arab world." Teehee! Reminds me of Richard Pipes : "If anything I was an expert on Soviet mindset." Hence, absence of acoustical system was evidence of a non-acoustical system. And so the world turns on Jewish fantasies.
Now if you don't let me into your cookie jar, mom, Big Bird will smell fear. You don't want him seeing you as 'weak' do you?
Unbelievable that the US continues to give aid to such ungrateful recipients, especially in a time of $16 trillion debt, fiscal crisis, and government shutdown.
I'm sure this ungrateful attitude would exhibit itself in other countries around the world should their aid be cut off.
This is a small example of why the US has become a failed state. The federal government is so far gone that it is un-reformable.
The federal government is not "so far gone" – it is corrupt, pure and simple. Likewise our central banking system is corrupt; our higher education system is corrupt; our news media system is corrupt; our state security system is corrupt – actually the whole bloody country is corrupt.
Israel is pissed off because the Egyptian military is doing their dirty work, plus they want to keep that gas line open.
All this aid to Egypt is merely a bribe so they will continue to look the other way from Israel's land theft and murder of the Palestinians.
That is good for Israel but how does it benefit America?
Wait…you mean it is supposed to benefit more than what it does for the Congress Critters?
Greed is the nastiest of bedfellows.