Mahmoud Badr, whose petition campaign helped to bring down Egypt’s Islamist president, insists the bloodshed that has followed is a necessary price for saving the nation from the Muslim Brotherhood.
And he has a message for U.S. President Barack Obama, who has expressed alarm at the violent crackdown on the Brotherhood that has led to more than 700 deaths: “Don’t lecture us on how to deal with the Brotherhood’s terrorism.”
As for aid money, he says, Obama can keep it - and “go to hell”.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/17/us-egypt-protests-tamarud-idUSBRE97G07220130817
Why should they? Continuing to give aid to the military as it slaughters people is not what the US is supposed to be about.
Thanks AdmSmith. I think the good news is, Zero will not allow himself to be pushed around, or to take the rap for what happens if Egypt disintegrates, and the grandstanders and demagogues in Congress won’t have the votes to get anything done.
Rand Slams Congress for Funding Egypt’s Generals:
‘How Does Your Conscience Feel Now?’
Foreign Policy | 15 Aug 2013 | John Hudson
Posted on 08/15/2013 5:44:10 PM PDT by Hoodat
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3055253/posts
Sen. Rand Paul is hammering his fellow senators for keeping billions in financial aid flowing to Egypt’s military — even as Cairo’s security forces massacre anti-government activists.
Putin isn’t wasting any time -
In Egypt Crisis, Russia Sees Opportunity
http://thediplomat.com/the-editor/2013/08/16/in-egypt-crisis-russia-sees-opportunity/
Putin isn’t wasting any time -
In Egypt Crisis, Russia Sees Opportunity
http://thediplomat.com/the-editor/2013/08/16/in-egypt-crisis-russia-sees-opportunity/
Putin isn’t wasting any time -
In Egypt Crisis, Russia Sees Opportunity
http://thediplomat.com/the-editor/2013/08/16/in-egypt-crisis-russia-sees-opportunity/