should we pay for egypt still

[hoovesupsideyourhead]

the law says after a change of leadership or a coup..funding should be stopped..1billion plus.the Obama administration is slow to call what just happened a coup..im thinking this money could be used better somewhere else..thoughts..

http://swampland.time.com/2013/07/09...l-isnt-saying/

[dellinger63]

This was an aftershock from a anti-muslim film trailer, not a coup.

The President says we don't support any individual group. All I ask is who have we been sending the billions to?

Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood or the military who basically facilitated the coup.

Doesn't matter who we vocally support, who's getting the greenbacks?

[joeydb]

Depends on whether you still want the Suez Canal open. There would be a hell of a spike in the price of a lot of global shipping if that's closed, with the costs passed on (as they always are) to us consumers.

[rpncaine]

Plus most of the money we give to the military goes to buy US weapons. So let's punish our suppliers and let them buy from the Russians cause you know they will just move their business elsewhere.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by rpncaine

Plus most of the money we give to the military goes to buy US weapons. So let's punish our suppliers and let them buy from the Russians cause you know they will just move their business elsewhere.

Where do you suppose they'll get the money to buy Russian weapons?
You know if we cut them off?

Much more likely they'd turn to China than Russia anyway. Besides the average Egyptian favors China at 3-1 over the U.S.

[jms62]

Gotta keep feeding the war machine Trillions of dollars for the big wigs and those in our government that are investors or future employees. We will keep doing it until someone eventually gets serious and starts lobbing nukes which of course will be met with retaliation and the end of the game. Makes me glad that I am at the half mile pole.