"In the make-believe world of Washington, where reality is what government officials say it is, there is no objective reality: facts are infinitely malleable, and so is the law. "There's nothing make-believe about it. It's reality, and we have to recognize that before we can change it.
"The reason for this linguistic legerdemain is no secret: the Egyptian military is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Pentagon. Their top officers, including those who now rule the country, were trained in the United States, and there’s no doubt the Americans knew about the coup long before Morsi. "It's our rulers' coup instead of somebody else's coup, so the law will be ignored. Laws are for serfs, not rulers.
"It’s a weird planetary alignment indeed that has Senators Rand Paul and John McCain agreeing we ought to cut off aid to Egypt – but not even the strongest astrological influences are enough to knock American foreign policy in the region off its Israel-centric course. That $1.5 billion is part of the price we pay for maintaining Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel – and the continued isolation of Gaza, for which Egypt’s cooperation is mandatory. Indeed, it seems Morsi’s biggest sin in the eyes of the Egyptian military was cozying up to Hamas, and we’ll see more evidence this was the catalyst for the coup in the show trial to come."No doubt.
The Egyptian army is using US weapons to kill their fellow Egyptians. And we wonder why they hate us.
"White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters Monday, “We are going to examine this and monitor this, and take the time necessary in making the determination in a manner that’s consistent with our policy objectives and our national security interests.In other words, they're not going to obey that law because laws are for serfs, not rulers.
“But we do not believe that it is in our interests to make a precipitous decision or determination to change our assistance programme right away,” he said."
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