U.S. waives human rights conditions to give Muslim Brotherhood Egypt $1.3 billion in military aid

A very interesting post from www.jihadwatch.org about the U.S. giving aid to Egypt. This follows this post about Pakistani's in Britain. This follows this article about American energy independence and preventing money from going to hostile countries such as Iran . For more about what is happening in the nation now click here and you can read two very interesting books HERE.

U.S. waives human rights conditions to give Muslim Brotherhood Egypt $1.3 billion in military aid


"On national security grounds." What national security grounds? What will Egypt use this military aid for, except to attack Israel and/or its own pro-democracy protesters?



A shameful episode in American history, in an age that is full of them: "US waives condition on $1.3B in aid to Egypt," by  Bradley Klapper for the Associated Press, June 7 (thanks to Kenneth):



WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration has waived the conditional human rights string attached to Egypt's $1.3 billion in U.S. military support for 2013.

In a letter to Congress last month, Secretary of State John Kerry noted the Egyptian military's long partnership in promoting Mideast peace. He said aid helps protect Egypt's borders, Suez Canal shipping and Israeli security against extremists in Gaza and the Sinai Peninsula.



After Hosni Mubarak's overthrow in 2011, Congress mandated that assistance to Egypt be conditional on progress in on a democratic transition there. However, it allowed the administration to waive the requirement on national security grounds....



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