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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe polls saying 60% of Americans want to cut aid to Egypt really says a lot about people's
ignorance. Just pure ignorance.
Response to RB TexLa (Original post)
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former9thward
(32,077 posts)So they can kill more? Other "aid" winds up in peoples pockets. Mubarak grew rich off our "aid".
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)OP says majority are against it. Maybe your public have become more aware that their tax dollars . expressed as aid to Egypt, are going more or less straight to the MIC. c. $1.3 billion p.a. is classed as Foreign Military Financing and the balance economic aid.
RB TexLa
(17,003 posts)from it.
Fortunately, we don't just go by the ignorance of the majority.
cali
(114,904 posts)and there's no indication that those in control would do any such thing if the U.S. suspended military aid.
RB TexLa
(17,003 posts)GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)BOG PERSON
(2,916 posts)quinnox
(20,600 posts)We desperately need new media sources in this country, that aren't putting out propaganda to support the corporations and power establishment and the wealthy.
RT news is one good start as well as Al Jazeera America, hopefully this will become a tidal wave of new media sources.
{My post is a side comment by the way, and is not meant as a form of agreement with the topic or subject of the OP}
cali
(114,904 posts)I support suspending military aid.
Egypt is awash in military hardware, not to mention that they're getting billions from Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023468129
Recursion
(56,582 posts)I'm as sick of pouring billions into Cairo as the next guy, but it's the carrot we have.
bhikkhu
(10,724 posts)...pouring arms into the region for the sake of maintaining peace.
Its worked so far, but at some point it has the potential to go badly wrong. Why would we not consider putting conditions on it now, or what exactly are we waiting to have happen before we stop and took a good look at it?
Bigmack
(8,020 posts)It's part of the Camp David Accords in 1979.
Igel
(35,356 posts)Then again, our liberal and democratic friends the Rebellion (Tamarrud), supporting the Army and calling for an anti-Morsi/anti-MB militia to help fight them, want to reject all US aid and dispose of the Egypt-Israeli treaty. There's a nice petition to force the Army to do that.
Then again, Badr did say that the slaughter of the MB was necessary and was getting the Tamarrudites what they wanted. As long as somebody gets their pony, I guess it's okay then.