[quote]pat wrote:
[quote]smh23 wrote:
Sexmachine–Mufasa and I said it was silly to think that Egypt, which has been receiving billions in military aid from the United States for years since 1979, is suddenly getting some F-16s because of a mutual hostility to Israel.
Major military aid to Egypt, in fact, has its origin in the '79 treaty with…wait for it…Israel.
So, yeah, that is a fatuous and historically ignorant position.[/quote]
Perhaps, but given the current instability of the country and it’s more militant leanings, giving them high tech weaponry at this point seems to be a bit foolish. It could be benign, but I wouldn’t take my chances until we know how it’s going to shake out and that they will in fact honor the Israeli peace treaties, without exception. I don’t think we know that for sure right now. [/quote]
This I agree with. The army warned of collapse this very morning in fact.
But this is far different from, “Obama is giving F-16s to Morsi because they both hate the Jews.”