Secretary of State Marco Rubio has waived a restriction on $320 million in military aid to Egypt that had been previously withheld over human rights concerns, citing Egypt’s help in dealing with Iran since the conflict began earlier this year.
we give you loads of tax payer money and you give it to the military industry
that is the deal.
you need to help destroy Gaza though
Just as a reminder, this is basically a stimulus/bailout for the weapons industrial complex.
Egypt takes that money and cycles it back into the US economy by buying tanks munitions and other weapons.
Arm manufacturers lobby the bajeezes for this stuff. I think a lot of stuff Egypt is being forced to buy is incredibly outdated technology and won’t be helpful in modern combat (though don’t quote me on that). I’m only saying this because this program has been going on for decades and I remember reading a story a while back of how they were buying old tech.
suspect it was a money laundering scheme.
I think a lot of stuff Egypt is being forced to buy is incredibly outdated technology and won’t be helpful in modern combat
Got it
I want HEALTH CARE and to NOT BOMB OTHER PEOPLE. Jesus fucking Christ…
I’m sorry, but we are instead arming and financing Israel and Saudi Arabia, both of which coincidentally have universal healthcare.
I don’t know if you could call their systems universal, there are a lot of people in those countries that can’t access the systems. You could probably say universal healthcare for citizens, and in Saudis case a select group of citizens.
They say that they have universal healthcare for citizens, and the people that live there say that they have universal healthcare.
That’s all I know.
I don’t think ANYONE has truly “universal healthcare”, as that would mean that they provide service to the universe, which is a lie. They don’t even care for the entire population of the earth. madness
So we actually have a law on the books that fornids doing business with a country that overthrows their democracy. We ignored it after dickhead there took out guy.
We also have a law on the book that forbids electing people that have tried to overthrow our democracy but here we are
Those republicans sure do give a lot of money to brown people.
Egypt always gets military aid, it doesn’t stop when Democrats take office.
They control the Suez canal and are critical to stability in the region. Do you have an alternative where a deal is not reached and someone the US gets a better outcome?
Yes. No military aid, no financial aid. Pay Egypt to use their canal, free trade.
the region has no stability
I have but it involves not having an Israel and the US can no longer create war in the middle east so it’s not gonna happen
So remove isreal and the US from the middle east and it doesnt address the war Egypt is fighting.
Good luck, Israel was founded for a reason, and it wasn’t to get out.
Egypt isn’t in a war but it’s surrounded by conflict created by Israel and the US.
Can’t take that away in an instant but over time sure…
The middle east is full of conflict amongst themselves, too. I can’t begin to list all of the parties involved, but long story short, these countries were “made” without respect to existing tribes and political divisions. Look at everyone involved in the Syrian civil war, for example; USA, Israel, Iran, Russia, Islamic state, Turkey, Hezbollah, Syrian Arab, Syrian Democratic, Kurds, and more.
It’s never been without conflict in my lifetime at least, maybe the Ottoman Empire was quieter
Egypt is fighting insurgency in the Sinai
That may be true, but the republicans are the ones who usually make a stink about 1) any sort of aid to other countries and 2) brown people existing
And now they’re the ones sending money to brown people.
Republicans make stink about Democrat policies. (even if they agree)
Democrats make stink about Republican policies. (even if they agree)
They’re all hypocrites. I know
This sounds like we’re trying to be nice, but instead we are fighting in Syria and Iran and Israel (I count Israel as the USA for practicality’s sake, let’s not be pedantic), and we are using this as pressure to get Egypt to do… something.
I’m not sure if we want them to join in the fight or if it’s a bribe to keep them out. Either way, USA makes bank.
I am against arming Egypt, Iran, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and any other Islamic states, and also against arming Israel
… BUT I do know we are the world’s arms dealer, making more military hardware and guns than China, Russia, and the top five or six other producers combined, so this is making “us” (weapons makers and suppliers and international banking with US dollar) a bloody fortune.
That’s the point. Use taxpayer money to funnel it to the MIC
