Posted on 03/03/2013 1:33:22 PM PST by tobyhill
Secretary of State John Kerry announced Sunday that the United States would provide $250 million in assistance to Egypt after Egypts president promised to move ahead with negotiations with the International Monetary Fund over economic reforms.
In a statement issued after his two-hour meeting with President Mohamed Morsi, Mr. Kerry said the aid decision reflected Egypts extreme needs and Mr. Morsis assurance that Egypt would reach an agreement with the I.M.F. after more than a year of talks over a $4.8 billion loan package.
The statement issued by Mr. Kerry noted that he and Mr. Morsi had discussed the need to ensure the fairness of Egypts coming elections, but it did not mention any specific political commitments the Egyptian president had made to receive the funds.
Parliamentary elections are scheduled for April. Some opposition groups have said they will boycott the vote because of what they see as an effort by Mr. Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood movement to dominate Egyptian politics.
American officials say that Mr. Kerry asserted that moving ahead with difficult economic changes in Egypt would require a degree of political consensus and was implicitly a promise of some political change.
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The muslim brotherhood can buy state of the art tasers now for their religous police squads. Arab Spring has sprung anew.
This aid allows Egypt to continue being dysfunctional. Without aid, they would have had to ensure they created an environment hospitable to foreign tourism and business investment.
I don't know where you would have gotten that idea.
...remember with trepidation John Fn Kerrys service in Vietnam (eagerly assisting the North Vietnamese of his god, Ho Chi Minh) just before cuddling up to the Viet Cong representatives in his Navy uniform at the Paris Peace Sellout.... er, Paris Peace talks.
Not many FReepers have posted more about that than I have.
What could possibly be wrong with that?
Well.....
(1) “Sequestration” budget cuts.
(2) Various rebel groups have links to al-Qaeda.
(3) If the rebels overthrow Assad, the Islamic Brotherhood will take power in Syria.
Egypt is run by these people:
AKA The Egyptian Nazi Party, AKA The Muslim Brotherhood!
How thoughtful of us. Just the day the Egyptians announced the creation of their “Islamic Morality Police,” who will enforce sharia by beating people with sticks. They hope to get tasers soon, however, so this $250 million will come in handy.
John effin Kerry is in heaven-
he now has a job traveling the globe giving away the money of American taxpayers and being wined, dined and feted for it
I’m assuming The New York Slimes is reporting all this with a straight face.
However, Egyptian President Morsi assures me this money... will only be spent on increased security at Jewish Synagogues!
“This is America, and in America, we dont careen from one manufactured crisis to another”.
Remarks of President Barack Obama
Weekly Address
The White House
March 2, 2013
And 250 million would keep the Blue Angels flying for how long?
Answer, until the next election, anyways.
ditto
And still no GOP noise about zero giving millions to the islamotrash while cutting Americans out with his siesta sequester.
Looks like a popped open Cranium waiting to happen.
Words just fail me on this one.
Insane.....
In the meanwhile, Teresa Heinz got the Ketchup concession for the Cairo bazaars.
Possible transcript of Kerry’s conversation with Morsi:
Kerry: “Brother Morsi: This reminds me of my meetings with the VC and North Vietnamese in Paris. We got all the problems resolved in a friendly spirit. Glad to work with you.”
How close do you think this is to reality?
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