Graham: Egypt could become a ‘failed state’

[midnight]

http://thehill.com/video/senate/317557-graham-egypt-could-become-a-failed-state


Graham said that Egypt needs to write a new constitution that includes every party’s voice and hold democratic elections. He predicted that the Muslim Brotherhood “would get creamed” and never get the votes needed to take power again.

But first, Graham said, the U.S. needs to cut off aid and impose sanctions.

“What would happen if we cut off the aid is that western tourism ends in Egypt for the foreseeable future for as far as the eye can see,” he said. “Western investment comes to a standstill. Egypt becomes a begger client state of the Arab gulf states. Egypt’s future is really damned.

“We’re the strongest nation on earth. Everybody that sides with us tends to do better than people we oppose,” he added.