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Paul’s Attempt to Cut Aid to Egypt Fails, Says Senators ‘Voted Against the Rule of Law’
Townhall ^ | Wednesday, July 31, 2013 | Leah Barkoukis

Posted on 07/31/2013 7:14:09 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

The way Rand Paul sees it, the 86 senators who opposed his amendment to freeze $1.5 billion in annual aid to Egypt voted "against the rule of law" on Wednesday. Paul's amendment to the transportation spending bill would have halted aid to the country until elections were held and redirected the money to domestic bridge repairs instead.

In Paul’s defense, a 2010 law requires halting U.S. aid to any country that undergoes a military coup. The problem, however, is that the U.S. has failed to make the determination that the military’s ousting of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi on July 3 was in fact a military coup.

Why? Because as Paul noted, "It’s not convenient now to obey the law that they passed.' Sen. Bob Corker made that pretty clear in earlier reports when he said, "Egypt is a very strategic country in the Middle East and what we need to be is an instrument of calmness...We need to deal with our laws in such a way that allow us to continue to be that instrument of stability in the region."

The top Republican on the committee, Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), vowed to take up the legal issues of continued aid to Egypt when Congress returns in September.

Only 12 Republicans supported Paul’s amendment.

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TOPICS: Israel; Russia; US: Kentucky; US: Tennessee; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bobcorker; egypt; israel; kentucky; projihadistpauls; randsconcerntrolls; russia; tennessee; thekycandidate; warforterror; waronterror
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To: SunkenCiv

Just curious, with all the turmoil that is going on over there what gives you the knowledge to say that those in charge are not our sworn enemy. The last government (Morsi) and the Muslim Brotherhood certainly were.

I bow to your insight.


21 posted on 07/31/2013 8:37:13 PM PDT by kempster
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To: kempster
Despite the fantasies to the contrary, Egypt will not get better it will get worse. The attention spans of Americans are apparently about 6 months at best.

The so called secular VP of Egypt was threatening Israel when he was running to fill Mubarak's shoes 2 or 3 years ago.

(April 2011) ElBaradei: We'll fight back if Israel attacks Gaza

In interview with Arab newspaper, former IAEA chief says if elected as Egypt's next president he will open Rafah crossing in case of an Israeli attack

And today he's one step away from power. Contrary to popular belief, Morsi was never Obama's first choice. That honor belonged of globalist islamist Mohammad Elbaradei who left the hard left international crisis group to run for president in 2011. Elbaradei is just the happy face caliphist.

ICG 2010

Notice some of the more notable board members like George Soros, Thomas Pickering, Kofi Annan and many more.

We're going to get kicked in the teeth over Egypt (again).
22 posted on 08/01/2013 4:48:12 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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