In the final act of a deal made with the Mubarak regime, the Obama administration intends to follow through on a deal to deliver 10 F-16s and 200 Abrams battle tanks to the now Islamic Republic of Egypt.
And why not? It's part of the regional quid pro quo. American tax-payers gift a couple of billion dollars worth of stuff to Israel, and the Egyptians get a couple hundred millions worth of stuff just so they'll cut out the pouting. Oh, and stand by that "peace agreement" they "voluntarily" entered into all those years ago.
Nevermind that Mubarak is long gone and the country is in the hands of what may or may not be Muslim fanatics. A deal is a deal! Free stuff is free stuff! Did the US renege on giving free stuff to Israel just because a bunch of Likud fanatics took over the country?
What could go wrong?
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