The Egyptian Army obeyed its peoples desire and removed the Brotherhood Terrorists from power, they made the brotherhood irrelevant while dismantling the terrorist organization and all Obama can do is deny the Egyptian Army funds and equipment to which the Egyptians have been receiving for over 40-years.
We've been promoting Democracy all around the world, ... and now, ... HE is criminalizing it.
Egypt is one of the few Arab nations that recognizes all religions, ...
Who's side is Obama really on and why is he turning the tables against the Egyptians?
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US cutting military aid, hundreds of millions in cash assistance to Egypt
Published October 10, 2013
FoxNews.com
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration was criticized by an Egyptian government official Thursday in the wake of its decision to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and military aid in response to the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi and the crackdown by the military-backed government on his supporters.
"The decision was wrong. Egypt will not surrender to American pressure and is continuing its path towards democracy as set by the roadmap,'' Foreign Ministry spokesman Badr Abdelatty told an Egyptian radio station, according to Reuters.
The State Department announced the decision late Wednesday afternoon, after press reports emerged that an aid cut-off was imminent.
The U.S. provides $1.5 billion in aid each year to Egypt. While the State Department did not provide a dollar amount of what was being withheld, senior Senate leadership aides shared with Fox News some of the details of a conference call with staffers from the State Department and the office of the Secretary of Defense.
The U.S. is "holding" -- as in not sending to Cairo -- a dozen F-16s; a similar number of AH-64 Apache helicopters; four M-1/A-1 tank kits (tanks that are shipped in pieces and assembled in the receiving country); and an unspecified number of Harpoon missiles (typically an anti-ship missile).
Also, the U.S. is not proceeding with the planned transfer of $260 million in cash to the Egyptian government. However, these funds were already on hold pending the outcome of talks between the Egyptians and the International Monetary Fund.
The U.S. is also not proceeding with a $300 million loan guarantee slated as part of our foreign military financing programs.
The U.S. is, however, moving forward with an IMET program (International Military Education Traning). And the U.S. is moving forward with education, health, private-sector development and governance-strengthening funding.
Officials said the U.S. will not default on payments to U.S. military contractors and vendors whose services had been engaged for these purposes.
Importantly, officials did not invoke the "coup" clause -- which would be a determination that aid must be cut off because a "coup" was deemed to have taken place.
Officials said they plan to revaluate this decision on a constant basis going forward, to see if the Egyptian interim government is moving rapidly towards a "sustainable, inclusive, non-violent transition to democracy." |
