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To: Milagros

Egypt is really on the brink.

Half of its people rely completely on Gov’t subsidized propane and wheat for their daily survival. The Egyptian Gov’t (whatever it is) is down to about 2-3 months of Foreign Exchange cover for basic imports. The Muslim Brotherhood is fomenting a crisis now, cutting of gas sales, etc... so it can blame the military/transition Gov’t for the coming collapse.

Any money for them now will be to simply keep the country on life-support. It will solve nothing.


5 posted on 05/07/2012 6:11:40 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: PGR88

And how is this OUR problem?


7 posted on 05/07/2012 6:13:57 AM PDT by LibsRJerks
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To: PGR88

What you wrote is very understated. Egypt is facing a horrific disaster, and nothing anyone can do can stop it.

It has a population of 80 million, 10% of whom have hepatitis C, and more than half of the total are reliant on imported food. The MB has cut off natural gas to Israel which was one of their largest and most reliable sources of desperately needed income.

And the MB has also rejected foreign loans, actually for the sensible reason that the military government would steal all of it, leaving nothing but debt to show for it.

Speaking of which, the military leadership are sending as much loot overseas as they can for their retirement as soon as the MB takes over. Of the $1.5 billion Obama just sent to Egypt, 80% of which is military aid, all of it is going to the military leadership (possibly as a none-too-subtle bribe for them to indeed turn over power, instead of contriving an excuse to keep it.)

About the only nation with enough money to even keep Egypt barely fed is Saudi Arabia, but while they are willing to send radical imams as foreign aid, they are not big on giving money or food to other Muslims if there is nothing in it for them.

Egypt’s medical system has already collapsed. And what do you do with 40-60 million starving people? I doubt there is much for such a gigantic mass of people in Libya or Sudan.


9 posted on 05/07/2012 6:34:20 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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