Altai Posted July 26, 2018 Author Report Posted July 26, 2018 US is going to give weapons to Egypt coup government worth of 195 million.http://uk.businessinsider.com/r-us-lifts-restrictions-on-195-million-in-military-aid-for-egypt-official-2018-7 "You cant ask people about their belief, its none of your business, its between them and their God but you have to ask them whether or not they need something or they have a problem to be solved." Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed The Conqueror"We are not intended to conquer someone's lands but we want to conquer hearts." Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed The Conqueror
JamesHackerMP Posted December 4, 2018 Report Posted December 4, 2018 On 7/26/2018 at 4:53 AM, Altai said: US is going to give weapons to Egypt coup government worth of 195 million.http://uk.businessinsider.com/r-us-lifts-restrictions-on-195-million-in-military-aid-for-egypt-official-2018-7 I've never understood why we arm Egypt like that. Most Americans don't. "We're not above nature, Mr Hacker, we're part of it. Men are animals, too!" "I know that, I've just come from the House of Commons!" [Yes, Minister]
Wilber Posted December 5, 2018 Report Posted December 5, 2018 18 hours ago, JamesHackerMP said: I've never understood why we arm Egypt like that. Most Americans don't. Money? "Never trust a man who has not a single redeeming vice". WSC
Dougie93 Posted January 6, 2019 Report Posted January 6, 2019 (edited) The origins of American military support for Egypt is the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty facilitated by Jimmy Carter in 1979, prior to, the Egyptians were a Soviet client, but once the Egyptians agreed to make peace with the Israelis, that opened the way for the Americans to peel them off from the Soviets, in essence flipping them to the NATO side, at which point they were given access to US military hardware and money to pay for it. Pretty much everything the US does in the ME now is Cold War Legacy Projects from the Carter Administration, that just never got shut down at the end of the Cold War and became Zombie Cold War Legacy projects as a result. Edited January 6, 2019 by Dougie93
John Otis Posted March 28, 2019 Report Posted March 28, 2019 What are we talking about over here? Are we talking about destroying the US?
taxme Posted February 21, 2020 Report Posted February 21, 2020 On 6/10/2019 at 5:15 PM, Franz123 said: Trump is Kim Jong Un wannabe. Are you sure that you do not mean Kim Jung Trudeau instead? Now that would make more sense.
George MArron Posted October 15, 2021 Report Posted October 15, 2021 (edited) Can we say that the US is a democracy, a world leader, and an honest partner? I don't think so. My wife is an IT company employee. She says many people were expecting great progress after Biden and Putin met and agreed on cooperation to counter cyber criminals. But this was just the intention, with no papers signed by the parties. Now we receive numerous requests from Russian IT companies asking on our intentions. However, their director got instructions not to cooperate without a special authorization from the govt. And they now have to ignore their foreign partners or answer them that they're waiting for instructions. Sad but true. Thus, is the US and its government a democracy or dictatorship? Edited October 15, 2021 by George MArron
Colin Norris Posted January 20, 2022 Report Posted January 20, 2022 The heading is an oxymoron. Dictatorships are not democratic.
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