Obama - 20 brand new F-16's; part of 1B Aid package for the Muslim Brotherhood

Rudeboyelvis · #9 12-11-2012, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Danzig

ok, egypt democratically elected their leader. that's difference number one from syria and assad, who is a dictator. second, morsi did try to claim some powers not granted, he has already rescinded that due to the protests.
and i'm sure there is far more to the story than 'we had a deal, so...'.

If so, please elaborate. Our relationships with other nations change constantly. We went form Cold War adversaries to championing democracy with the dismantling of the USSR, to a fairly icy post-soviet Russia relationship now. For better or worse, we were allies with Egypt under Mubarak. That landscape has completely changed and there is no one that knows whether or not they are an ally of ours now. We do know that the "democratically elected government " is anything but democratic by their actions thus far.

why would we need to stop the delivery? how would the delivery threaten u.s. national security? I don't know. Usually we try to learn lessons from history. Arming Iran didn't turn out to be such a hot proposition for us. I guess as long as someone is blowing someone else up, the war machine gets to churn along, and that can't be all bad.

btw, egypt has a lot of arms already. why would six jets coming in january be the tipping point? Is that the point?

i think you're reading far too much into the fox story, which is what they want. is this a big deal? no, not at all. what makes it a big issue? why are you concerned? and i'm not being sarcastic, i really want to know.

It's just more and more infiltration into sovereign nations and imposing our will. I guess with Afghanistan drawing down, we need a fresh antagonist. What happens when the democratically elected Islamic govt. of Egypt aligns with Hezbollah and trains these F-16's on Israel?? You've already said they have plenty of arms, why do you feel this is a non-event when were are giving away a billion dollars (hey, we don't need it) in arms and aid to a "less than stable" at best govt with strong Islamic underpinnings?

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