Our Greatest Allies will be a new feature on this blog. We will explore the United States relations with its many friends, debtors, and vassal states. Special attention will be paid to our allies in the Wars on Terror and Drugs, and those nations receiving large amounts of foreign aid and military assistance. First up is that bastion of freedom and tolerance in the middle east; Egypt.
We give Egypt up to $1.3 billion/year in military aid alone, along with close to another billion in economic and developmental aid. Egypt is nominally a republic but when President Hosni Mubarak allowed multi-candidate elections in 2005, they were plagued by accusations of fraud, voter suppression, and police brutality. He is, in effect, a dictator who has imprisoned his political opponents.
But before you think we are wasting our money, look how far they have come with human rights.
Egyptian police have stepped up arrests of persons suspected of having HIV, detaining four men this month in a crackdown that violates basic human rights, two international rights groups said Friday.
Don't you feel better about your tax dollars going to them now?
Egypt, a proud country with a rich history, a beacon of democracy and freedom in the Middle East, is truly one of Our Greatest Allies.
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