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February 11, 2005       Share:    

Source: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-boot10feb10,0,6165289.column?coll=la-news-comment-opinions

Mubarak, $2 Billion, and Change

(Los Angeles Times) Max Boot - How is President Bush going to back up his demand for democracy in Egypt? Here's a modest proposal: Reduce or eliminate altogether the $2 billion annual U.S. subsidy to Egypt unless there's real economic and political progress. Since 1975, Washington has provided Cairo more than $50 billion in military and economic aid. Initially this largess had two justifications: first, to keep Egypt out of Soviet clutches; second, to reward it for concluding a peace treaty with Israel. The first rationale no longer applies. And the second? Egypt has lived in peace with Israel, but so for the most part has Syria - and it hasn't gotten a cent from U.S. taxpayers. Arab states coexist with Israel because they have failed to destroy it, not because they've been bribed.

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