The polls saying 60% of Americans want to cut aid to Egypt really says a lot about people's

[RB TexLa]

ignorance. Just pure ignorance.

[former9thward]

2. Do you favor military aid?

So they can kill more? Other "aid" winds up in peoples pockets. Mubarak grew rich off our "aid".

[dipsydoodle]

3. Opposite

OP says majority are against it. Maybe your public have become more aware that their tax dollars . expressed as aid to Egypt, are going more or less straight to the MIC. c. $1.3 billion p.a. is classed as Foreign Military Financing and the balance economic aid.

[RB TexLa]

4. And when the canal is shut off we thank them for $10 a gallon gasoline and everything that dominos

from it.

Fortunately, we don't just go by the ignorance of the majority.

[cali]

9. not much of a chance of that happening as neither SA or the UAE would support it

and there's no indication that those in control would do any such thing if the U.S. suspended military aid.

[RB TexLa]

10. Of course, nothing could happen to canal access.

[GeorgeGist]

5. I take it you support the coup.

[BOG PERSON]

6. luckily the unwashed masses have no say in such matters n/t

[quinnox]

7. Americans are brainwashed by our corporate friendly and funded mainstream media

We desperately need new media sources in this country, that aren't putting out propaganda to support the corporations and power establishment and the wealthy.

RT news is one good start as well as Al Jazeera America, hopefully this will become a tidal wave of new media sources.

{My post is a side comment by the way, and is not meant as a form of agreement with the topic or subject of the OP}

[cali]

8. I don't know about the 60% but I don't think I'm ignorant

I support suspending military aid.

Egypt is awash in military hardware, not to mention that they're getting billions from Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023468129

[Recursion]

14. It's pretty much explicitly "don't attack Israel again" money

I'm as sick of pouring billions into Cairo as the next guy, but it's the carrot we have.

[bhikkhu]

15. It was always a pretty wrong-headed carrot

...pouring arms into the region for the sake of maintaining peace.

Its worked so far, but at some point it has the potential to go badly wrong. Why would we not consider putting conditions on it now, or what exactly are we waiting to have happen before we stop and took a good look at it?

[Bigmack]

11. Can we cut the aid...?

It's part of the Camp David Accords in 1979.

[Igel]

12. We can and we can't.

Then again, our liberal and democratic friends the Rebellion (Tamarrud), supporting the Army and calling for an anti-Morsi/anti-MB militia to help fight them, want to reject all US aid and dispose of the Egypt-Israeli treaty. There's a nice petition to force the Army to do that.

Then again, Badr did say that the slaughter of the MB was necessary and was getting the Tamarrudites what they wanted. As long as somebody gets their pony, I guess it's okay then.

[leftstreet]

13. Link? n/t

[Comrade Grumpy]

16. You don't care how many people the generals kill as long as the oil flows. Got it.