Palin: Mubarak Relationship “Not Moral or Ethical”

Time ^ | 2/11/11 | staff

[pissant]

On whether the United States should have been giving foreign aid to President Mubarak: “Over 30 years of standing by Mubarak’s side and he essentially standing with America on a lot of our interests it makes sense that we have a reciprocal relationship but no it is not moral or ethical. We are watching Mubarak and realizing the billions of dollars that have been spent, he’s become rich, a lot of the dictatorship has personally benefited. So where do those funds end up? We need to pull back on those countries where the money isn't doing any good."

[dennisw]

HE must be a savvier investor than even old Hillary and her Cattle Futures. Considering we haven't even given Egypt 1/10th that amount in cash aid. The largest chunk of "aid" we've given them by far is the credits to purchase military hardware, training, maintenance, etc. Maybe he sold them the hardware on Ebay.

An article last week claimed Mubarek and family ripped off 70 billion through the 30 years he ran Egypt. I doubt that number is accurate. Maybe 3-5-7 billion. There just ain't that much money to skim and steal there. But he did have crony capitalist like Marcos of the Philippines

[Eva]

I see Mubarak as a kind of place holder, someone who support the best interests of the US and Israel, until a better option came along. It never has.