Tear Gas, Tanks, Helicopters, Rifles and Fighter Planes in Egypt Funded and Built Largely by USA!

[KoKo]

Made in the U.S.A.: Tear Gas, Tanks, Helicopters, Rifles and Fighter Planes in Egypt Funded and Built Largely by the Pentagon and American Corporations


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The United States has given tens of billions of dollars in military aid to Egypt over the last decades. Lockheed Martin, Boeing and General Electric have provided tanks, missiles, engines and more to the Hosni Mubarak regime. Following the massive popular uprising, U.S. foreign aid continues to flow to Egypt, although the Obama administration has placed the program under review. We speak with William Hartung, author of Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex, and Samer Shehata, assistant professor of Arab politics at Georgetown University.

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[old mark]

1. Egypt used to use Soviet made military hardware, as did many Arabic states. They made the change

to our stuff some time ago.


mark

[slackmaster]

2. We give them about a billion dollars per year, they spend most of it buying stuff from us

It keeps a lot of Americans employed.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

3. Has Egypt been at war with someone for the past two decades or do we just

prime the pump hoping something will start flowing sooner or later?

[KoKo]

4. I guess the answer they would give to us is that this expenditure is keeping the ME Secure

...it's for Stability in the Middle East. Beyond that...well..we all know that there's more. But, that's the "explanation" we are told to accept.

[bhikkhu]

5. Fortunately, so far, the Egyptian military has been very careful and respectful

reading about the plan to march on the presidential palace on friday, I just hope they continue to make the right decisions...

[ensemble]

6. their role...

is to disarm the protesters so the pro-Mubarak thugs can beat them into line.

[Fuddnik]

7. Corporate welfare for Defense Contractors.

[FromNY]

8. That's A Fact, Jack/Fuddnik

People think "aid to Egypt" means cash payments. Actually the majority of it means Americans buying locally made defense material for Egypt's use.