Egypt Allie or enemy

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According to the President we don"t yet know if Egypt is a Allie or enemy yet we are still giving them millions of dollars in aide wouldn't it be prudent not to be doing that until we know for sure which one Egypt is?
 
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Clinton reassures Egypt's Mursi on US assistance
25 Sept.`12 - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reassured Egypt's new Islamist president on Monday that the United States would forge ahead with plans to expand economic assistance despite anti-American protests that cast new shadows over U.S. engagement with the region.
Clinton met Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi in New York, where both are attending this week's U.N. General Assembly meeting, and reinforced the Obama administration's continued commitment to provide both military and economic aid for Cairo, a senior State Department official said. "What he heard from the secretary is that she is committed to following through on what she has said we will do," the official said following the 45-minute meeting.

U.S. officials said earlier this month they were close to a deal with Egypt's new government for $1 billion in debt relief to help Cairo shore up its ailing economy in the aftermath of its pro-democracy uprising, which ousted autocratic President Hosni Mubarak. The aid package had languished during Egypt's 18 months of political turmoil and progress appeared to reflect a cautious easing of U.S. suspicions about Mursi, who was elected in June.

Egypt was among the countries swept by violent anti-American protests over an anti-Islam video made in California, and some U.S. lawmakers have raised questions about the future of U.S. assistance to the region, particularly given sharp budget constraints at home. The senior official said Clinton, who has personally lobbied lawmakers to keep U.S. aid to Egypt and other Arab countries on track, believed these concerns had been laid to rest. "Of course we understand that there may be (of Congress) who have questioned (the aid), but there is strong bipartisan support for Egypt being a democratic success because it's in our national security interest that that occur," the official said. The United States was a close ally of Egypt under Mubarak and gives $1.3 billion in military aid a year to Egypt plus other assistance

NO OBAMA MEETING PLANNED
 
We shouldnt be giving them money. I dont know if id nix all relations with them. Id say they are neutral until we figure out what this regime is up to.
 
We shouldnt be giving them money. I dont know if id nix all relations with them. Id say they are neutral until we figure out what this regime is up to.

I agree.

While the military ruled in Egypt we still had relations. The new Govt?? Doubt they will be in our camp for anything.

I have a feeling that any of the ME countries that overthrow their leaders are gonna belong to the Muslim Brotherhood.

All the so called alies we have in the ME are questionable.
 
Let's keep this thread alive until we hear of Morsi's speech to the UN and how he tells the US to go to abide by HIS rules and be good little children. Then when Hillary has already promised him his bundle, she will have egg on her face.
 
According to the President we don"t yet know if Egypt is a Allie or enemy yet we are still giving them millions of dollars in aide wouldn't it be prudent not to be doing that until we know for sure which one Egypt is?


They used to be an ally before Obama and Co. handed it over to the Muslim Brotherhood. Now they are blood sucking leeches after U.S. foreign aid.
 
We shouldnt be giving them money. I dont know if id nix all relations with them. Id say they are neutral until we figure out what this regime is up to.

Well that would leave us several choices.

One would be to quit the middle east altogether.

Another would be to invade conquer and annex the middle east.

And a plethora of configurations in between.

But "not" giving money to Egypt would instantly assure an enemy.
 
According to the President we don"t yet know if Egypt is a Allie or enemy yet we are still giving them millions of dollars in aide wouldn't it be prudent not to be doing that until we know for sure which one Egypt is?


They used to be an ally before Obama and Co. handed it over to the Muslim Brotherhood. Now they are blood sucking leeches after U.S. foreign aid.

They were blood sucking leeches before Obama too..with an unpopular brutal military dictatorship.
 
According to the President we don"t yet know if Egypt is a Allie or enemy yet we are still giving them millions of dollars in aide wouldn't it be prudent not to be doing that until we know for sure which one Egypt is?


They used to be an ally before Obama and Co. handed it over to the Muslim Brotherhood. Now they are blood sucking leeches after U.S. foreign aid.

They were blood sucking leeches before Obama too..with an unpopular brutal military dictatorship.

That part is true but they weren't "handed over to the Muslim Brotherhood until Obama facilitated that.
 
They used to be an ally before Obama and Co. handed it over to the Muslim Brotherhood. Now they are blood sucking leeches after U.S. foreign aid.

They were blood sucking leeches before Obama too..with an unpopular brutal military dictatorship.

That part is true but they weren't "handed over to the Muslim Brotherhood until Obama facilitated that.

He didn't "hand" them over to anyone. The Muslim Brotherhood came to power by popular support.

You guys keep saying you want Democracy..unless you don't like the results.
 
According to the President we don"t yet know if Egypt is a Allie or enemy yet we are still giving them millions of dollars in aide wouldn't it be prudent not to be doing that until we know for sure which one Egypt is?

Correction, we give them billions of dollars in aid.
 

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