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Thursday, January 26, 2012

More money for Egypt to help speed up democracy

The jizya aid payments are going to flow lots faster, now that the White House is firmly in the grasp of the Kool-ade of Islamic democracy.  As long as there is money to be spent on folly, it will be spent.  No word on when more money will be pumped into our economy, however.

We dialogue with the Muslim Brotherhood even as they plainly tell us they want nothing to do with Israel, while we send them more money to help with the rebuilding of Egyptian society.  This is madness and must not be tolerated.  There is something tragically wrong with manifesting the kind of behavior that will get us broke and killed.


From Reuters January 25 by Warren Strobel

Obama set to speed aid to Egypt: official

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama plans to accelerate the pace of American aid to Egypt, a top State Department official said on Wednesday, as the most populous Arab nation reaches a critical stage in its uncertain transition away from autocratic rule.

Undersecretary of State Robert Hormats, part of a U.S. delegation that held unprecedented talks last week with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, said Washington wanted to provide "more immediate benefits" to Egyptians, who earlier this month conducted their first democratic elections in decades.

"During this period, we want to be as supportive as we can. This is an historic moment. Egypt's a country of enormous importance," Hormats said.

Under the plan, some non-urgent U.S. aid slated for other countries - he did not name them - would be redirected to Egypt. And funding in the pipeline for long-term programs in Egypt would be shifted to quick-impact projects, he said.

Hormats, speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of the annual World Economic Forum, emphasized that the White House had not made any final decisions, and that he was providing Washington's "broad thinking" on the subject.

It was unclear whether the total amount of U.S. aid to Egypt would be increased. "Whether it's an increase or whether it's reprioritizing existing assistance, we're still working this out," Hormats said.

Still, he made clear the United States wants to be seen as doing more to assist a hoped-for democratic evolution in Egypt, where the military still holds ultimate power...

Hope is not a tactic.

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