Posted on 03/11/2015 10:09:40 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
In addition to raining spiteful criticism upon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the man now being hailed as the new Leader of the Free World (a position formerly held by American presidents, even Jimmy Carter), President Obama has also chosen to petulantly ignore Egyptian President General Abdel Fatah el-Sisi as he demonstrates his own leadership abilities on the world stage.
For years, Egypt and Israel have been our strongest (and perhaps only) allies in the Middle East. We have given Egypt upwards of $1.5 BILLION annually, second only to Israel in foreign aid commitments.
But this was before the newly elected President Obama went to the University of Cairo in 2009 where he ignited the Arab Spring uprisings, challenged terrorists to undermine existing Middle East rulers and in particular, supported Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammad Morsi as Egypts next president.
Then came the fiery pictures of rioting in Cairos Tahrir Square which accompanied the ouster of Morsi and the installation of Egypts current President General Abdel Fatah el-Sisi. In 2013, TIME magazine named el-Sisi their Person of the year as he became the first president in Egyptian history to attend the Christmas Mass and give a speech at the Coptic Orthodox Christmas service in Cairo, where he called for unity and wished Christians a merry Christmas. But President Obamaa professed Christiancontinues his petty show of displeasure with the nation which dared toss his hand-picked thug, Mohammed Morsi, from office.
Of course, el-Sisi is a Muslim
as are 90% of his fellow Egyptians. But he does not condone the ideology of radical Islam and has taken on the Muslim Brotherhood while...
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the money we spend on “foreign assistance”. This is of course what the us govt says.
http://www.cgdev.org/blog/aid-egypt-numbers
duplicate post: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3266661/posts
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