Posted on 10/29/2013 10:55:44 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday urged the White House to lift its suspension of military aid to Egypt, AFP reports.
The lawmakers warned that freezing funds and weapons deliveries might unravel decades of cooperation with a key regional ally.
Democratic Representative Eliot Engel, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he had initially supported a temporary halt to deliveries of F-16 aircraft to the Egyptian military following its ouster of President Mohammed Morsi in July.
“But today I do not believe that suspending the military aid will make the Egyptian government more democratic or make it easier for the United States to influence its behavior in the future,” he told the committee, according to AFP.
“In fact, I think it’s more than likely to have the opposite effect. And I’m afraid it could jeopardize the close U.S.-Egypt military cooperation that we’ve worked so hard to build over the last several decades,” he added.
The United States announced earlier this month that it would withdraw a significant portion of its military aid to Egypt. The U.S. provides $1.5 billion in annual aid to Egypt, but no dollar amount of the aid being cut was provided.
The military aid includes Apache helicopters, F-16 fighter jets, M1A1 Abrams tank parts and Harpoon missiles.
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Sorry, too little and too late!!
“The lawmakers warned that freezing funds and weapons deliveries might unravel decades of cooperation with a key regional ally.”
Translation, there is a contractor in the whore’s district.
This isn’t about finding a way I can safely visit the Pyramids. I feel certain about THAT.
The US will cut off aid to her (almost) most important regional ally (Israel is stable and reliable) in the region because she toppled America's sworn enemy?
Yes, this makes sense to a naive and shortsighted, amateurish administration.
The US spent trillions setting up Egypt as a ally in that region. Now, because there was a pro-West coup, that's it?
Where is Carter when you need him?
Excuse me? Have no idea how you came to those conclusions with my comment. Did you have a dream? I’m pinching myself but still I find that I’m awake - how about you?
I agree with Netz. Pick on me too now.
Well, I’d say that you are Netz are the same and taking some kind of response that I did not make and running with it.
I really don’t care, you do what you want but leave me out of it...
No negative intentions intended.
I was just commenting on America's foolishness and shortsightedness in abandoning Mubarak so quickly, supporting the MB and then abandoning the Egyptian military so quickly as well.
Our stupidity baffles friends and is a cause for rejoicing by our enemies.
Well, yes it was! But who cares except me... and really I don’t as your ideas are right... Not really sure how you took my comments otherwise but who knows...
Sometimes I latch onto a person who posted just so I can post a commnet - wrong protocol, sorry for that.
Well okay, but you ought to lose the other account “Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America”, really... You do not need to attempt to confuse everyone.
I have one account and one account only. Anything said or done on this forum other than inputs from “Netz” is not under my control. Thi is FREE Republic, no?
cut off ALL foreign aid and spend that money helping America and Americans.
Whole world hate us, to hell with em.
It's all about oil access in western Egypt for a US corporation (Aztec?) and easy access to the Benghazi port for its shipping. I'm sure that global corporations will find ways to get that from the generals with their own dealings. The US should stay out of it for good. Our intervention at this point can only make the bad situation we created worse.
JMHO
The Egyptian people are clear on what the U.S. did and their (our) motives for doing it. Egyptians know that we are being held hostage by an insurgent Marxist government.
Rand Slams Congress for Funding Egypt's Generals: 'How Does Your Conscience Feel Now?'Sen. Rand Paul is hammering his fellow senators for keeping billions in financial aid flowing to Egypt's military -- even as Cairo's security forces massacre anti-government activists. [by "anti-government activists" is meant church-burning Christian-murdering jihadists][Posted on 08/15/2013 5:44:10 PM PDT by Hoodat]
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