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Would US foreign aid be better spent in Ireland, rather than Egypt where it supports a new Islamist dictator?

Posted on Friday, November 23, 2012 at 05:18 PM

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Egypt’s new President (for life?), Mohammed Morsi, riding the afterglow of huge praise from President Obama and Hillary Clinton for his role in ending 8 days of hostility in Gaza, leveraged that glow to seize dictatorial powers over his countrymen.

Morsi a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is tied closely to the United States mortal enemy, Al Quaeda, has been aggressively seizing power since he gained office by winning a democratic election 52-48.

On Thursday he issued constitutional amendments that placed him above judicial oversight & extended that same immunity to a committee drafting a new constitution for the country that many say has been hijacked by Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood allies. Morsis’s critics say he is trying to push through an Islamist state that will marginalize women and minority Christians, infringing on personal liberties.

"Morsi today usurped all state powers & appointed himself Egypt's new pharaoh," pro-reform leader Mohamed El Baradei wrote. "This is a major blow to the revolution that could have dire consequences."

The last time Hillary Clinton visited Egypt, her motorcade was pelted with tomatoes by Egyptians who felt they have been sold out by the Obama administration. These Egyptian citizens feel the Obama administration let Egypt fall into the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood, an arch enemy of democracy and the western worlds way of life.

But since the pelting of Hillary’s motorcade several months ago, the Obama administration has showered millions of dollars on the Morisis government in spite of his dictatorial moves and his aggressive disregard of previous peace agreements with neighboring country, Israel.

Many Americans think “foreign aid” should be based on the carrot and the stick approach. Regardless of the fact that America is broke, it still borrows money and prints it in order to dole out foreign aid. So lets help our friends, so they can help us.

This foreign aid money should have strings attached…It seems we have exchanged a previous dictator, who was friendly towards us, for a new dictator who is not friendly towards us or our close ally Israel. What kind of madness is this?

We are showering Egypt with billions of dollars; in fact Hillary just authorized giving the Morsi government 450 million in emergency funds on the heels of the just completed cease of hostilities in Gaza. Despite the fact Egypt has total control over weapons smuggled into Gaza and Hamas.

Dublin Ireland

We should take the billions we are now sending to a country hostile to our civilization and spread it to a country that is a friend. A true democracy; giving foreign aid to Ireland on the scale we are giving it to Egypt would be like pouring Miracle Grow on a flower garden.

Blessed with a highly educated and motivated population, funds could be used to set up manufacturing facilities, hi-tech development, spur energy independence and create an economic powerhouse/ strong ally in line with western values.

The foreign aid could have strings attached. Perhaps one of those strings could be to give the people of Ireland and Northern Ireland the chance to vote for a united republic. 26+6=32.

Even the late British American Christopher Hitchens was in favor of a United Ireland and surprised many when he publicly voiced that opinion.

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Curitiba | Nov 25, 2012, 02:11 PM EST

Foreign aid does not exist to better the lives of the people in the country it goes to: it exists to buy influence with that country's government. It is simply a form of bribery.As the USA does not need to buy influence in Ireland, due to its already strong cultural ties with it, there is absolutely no chance that any foreign aid will be winging its way towards Dublin. Anyway, most foreign aid is gobbled up by corruption in the recipient country so it is a good idea to take temptation out of potentially crooked politicians' hand by not sending them any dosh in the first place. A pity Ireland did not realise this most obvious of facts when it freely doled out the cash to Uganda.

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casualMBA | Nov 24, 2012, 01:42 AM EST

Ireland intends to repay its European bailout sources. It is a matter of sovereign pride. It does not, however, intend to repay its sources of sovereign collateral, i.e., the Fitzgeralds, for their confiscated lands. In the case of U.S. foreign aid, it dodges both repayment issues. Perfect solution, without any compromise as far as I can see.

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angrypaddy | Nov 24, 2012, 12:48 AM EST

Dont look now but i think the BEGGERS are back,Yea we should give you more $ so you can pay Bertie and the boys insane pensions more than we pay our President.You are a nation of deluded Fool's

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Rebelforce | Nov 23, 2012, 11:30 PM EST

The US government has been giving Egypt 2 billion dollars in foreign aid ever since Anwar Sadat signed the peace treaty with Israel in 1978. There is no question that the $2 billion a year is basically a bribe to the Egyptians to maintain the peace accord with Israel.

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