Friday, September 28, 2012

The Case For Cutting-Off Aid To Egypt

Give Egypt's Aid Money to Libya -- Michael Totten, Wall Street Journal

Consider how differently the governments in each country have behaved in the last couple of weeks.

The U.S. Senate voted down a bill this weekend that would have frozen aid money to Pakistan, Egypt and Libya. The bill's sponsor, Republican Sen. Rand Paul, was right that Egypt no longer deserves American aid. But Libya does. Libya needs help, and it needs help right now. Libya should not only continue receiving the aid it's already slated to get from Washington. Libya should also get Egypt's.

Consider how differently the governments in each country have behaved in the last couple of weeks.

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My Comment:
Michael Totten has also written a post on how a proper U.S. ally should act. That commentary is here.

Update: U.S. plan for emergency Egypt aid hits roadblock -- Reuters

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