U.S. gift of F-16 fighters headed to Egypt, despite Morsi's harsh rhetoric.QuoteFour F-16 fighter jets left the U.S. this morning, bound for Egypt as part of a foreign aid package critics say should have been scrapped when the nation elected a president who has called President Obama a liar and urged that hatred of Jews be instilled in children.
............Sixteen F-16s and 200 Abrams tanks are to be given to the Egyptian government before the end of the year under a foreign aid deal signed in 2010 with then-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a longtime U.S. ally.
QuoteCritics, including several in Congress, say it doesn't make sense to follow through with the package, given that new Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, elected last summer, has given decidedly mixed signals about relations with the U.S. While he has toned down his rhetoric since his election, in 2010 - the same year the aid package was struck - Morsi attacked Obama for supporting Israel.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/01/22/gift-us-f-16-fighter-jets-en-route-to-egypt-amid-criticism/#ixzz2JdOmHsV7 (http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/01/22/gift-us-f-16-fighter-jets-en-route-to-egypt-amid-criticism/#ixzz2JdOmHsV7)
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Now, let me get this straight!
The U.S. government ordered the planes for Egypt from Lockheed Martin in 2010, as part of an annual aid package that regularly topped $1 billion.
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2010/march/LockheedMartinReceives213.html (http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/news/press-releases/2010/march/LockheedMartinReceives213.html)
But the very next year, a popular revolution began which ultimately resulted in Mubarak's ouster and imprisonment, and the election of Morsi, a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood.
But now, Obama's government is sending free fighters and Tanks to a regime that:
1. Hates America
2. Has called for the annihilation of Israel.
3. Could use these weapons not only against it's enemies but against it's own people.
4. Is a 'KNOWN' supporter of Terrorist Organisations!
Call me stupid, call me insane, but I don't even come close to this Administration's actions.
Either Obama has 'Lost the Plot' or he is sending a message to the Arab world........ "KILL THE JEWS, I DON"T CARE!!!!!!!!!!"
Get ready for repercussions from this that will make your teeth ache!
Didn't we do the same think with Saddam Insane? Send him planes and weapons and even gas weapons... then later we went in to blow it all up?
Sigh..... same old same old...