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Blinken, Biden-Harris Quietly Give Egypt $320M in Military Aid the US Withheld for Almost 4 Years

2024-09-15

Expanding on this story from two days ago.

[Red State] Lost in the tidal wave of stories about the Sept. 10th debate between Trump and Harris, and the commemoration of the anniversary of 9/11, was this maddening story on the continued weakness of this White House on the international stage. The Biden-Harris administration has quietly decided to give Egypt $320 million in military aid, despite that country not meeting most of the benchmarks on human rights we demanded they meet, among other issues.

This is the first time in almost four years that the U.S. has given Egypt the full amount of $1.3 billion, some of which is granted with "no conditions." Here's how the numbers break down, a State Department spokesman told the NY Times:

The first, totaling $980 million, is subject to no conditions and granted automatically.

An additional $225 million is subject to a variety of human rights conditions — the ones that Mr. Blinken would not certify had been met but that he had waived on national security grounds.

A third, $95 million pot of money can be released only if the secretary of state finds that Egypt has made progress in the specific areas of releasing political prisoners, providing detainees with due process and "preventing the harassment and abuse of American citizens." Mr. Blinken certified progress in these areas, the spokesman said.

The report continued:

Posted by:Besoeker

#5 ^State pocket, personal pocket.

Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-09-15 11:48

#4 You'd think he was more concerned about the legitimate income lost on the Suez traffic due to the Houthi assholedness

Posted by: Frank G 2024-09-15 09:18

#3 Compensating El Sisi for loss of weapon smuggling revenue do to IDF control of Philadelphia corridor?

Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-09-15 08:01

#2 ...The Egyptians just decided to replace their F-16s with Chinese built aircraft. This was an attempt - too little, too late, natch - at a bribe. They'll cheerfully take the money and spend it at the Shanghai Rocket And Ear Bud Factory #8.

Mike

Posted by: MikeKozlowski 2024-09-15 07:11

#1 Egyptian based NGO's supporing HAMAS running low on operational funding ?

Posted by: Besoeker 2024-09-15 04:13

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