Muslim Brotherhood Warns U.S. Aid Cut May Affect Egypt's Peace Treaty With Israel | CNSnews.com

the latest sign that Egypt’s emerging political forces intend to call Washington’s bluff

let em call the bluff... as long as they call collect and not on our dime...

If the Americans were fomenting disruptive protests and such, as they are accused, then they should be tried for their crimes. Being American doesn't make one immune to prosecution in foreign nations. These methods have been used by America for decades to sow the seeds of regime change.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_sponsored_regime_change

The United States government has been involved in and assisted in the overthrow of foreign governments (more recently termed regime change) without the overt use of U.S. military force. Often, such operations are tasked to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Many of the governments targeted by the U.S. have been democratically elected, rather than authoritarian governments or military dictatorships. In many cases, the governments toppled were replaced by dictatorships, sometimes installed with assistance by the U.S.

Regime change has been attempted through direct involvement of U.S. operatives, the funding and training of insurgency groups within these countries, anti-regime propaganda campaigns, coup d'états, and other, often illegal, activities usually conducted as operations by the CIA. The U.S. has also accomplished regime change by direct military action, such as following the U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989 and the U.S.-led military invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Some argue that non-transparent United States government agencies working in secret sometimes mislead or do not fully implement the decisions of elected civilian leaders and that this has been an important component of many such operations.^[1] See Plausible deniability. Some contend that the US has supported more coups against democracies that it perceived as communist, or becoming communist.^[1]

I agree, cut off their funds, why are we falling for what is blackmail? I never thought we americans would pay out blackmail.

Meanwhile republicans game the tax code so gazillionaires can pay income taxes at non income tax rates while stashing most of their income in non taxed foreign accounts.

Eventually republicans will so emasculate the middle class that the paltry taxes they pay from their minimum wage service jobs won't even cover the interest on our national debt.

J.W. Welch says that like there are no rich democrats using foreign tax havens. Please, quit being a hypocrite and blame BOTH SIDES of the political spectrum, rather than the one you oppose.

Without a strong central government our country would be in chaos right now. A republican governor here, a democrat there, there would soon be a civil war. Taxes are needed to pay for aid programs and improvements and maintenance, but so is a reformation of our tax code, we need to tax the wealthy adequately since they use our bodies and the infrastructure paid for by taxes to make their billions. If they make the most money off this country, they should pay most of the taxes in this country. I am sure that there are rich people on both sides of the political isle using tax havens, they should be investigated and taxed accordingly.

Oh and if any of you advocating that the wealthy paying less taxes is a good thing, I am sure they appreciate your help and will throw you off the cliff last when the time comes.

Taxes are needed to pay for aid programs and improvements and maintenance

That only applies to local taxes. Federal taxes go into paying the interest on our National Deficit, which is ever increasing due to new Federal spending. It is a vicious circle where the printing of money creates more debt.

Mark

You mean I left out rich dems who hide cash in foreign countries? Horrors!!

If you bothered to notice instead of letting your umbrage get the best of you, you'd have understood my comment in the context of a counterpoint to Marshall's #2.2.

Oddly enough one may equally apply hypocrite (I'm starting to intensely dislike that overused word) to your failure to take him to task for not mentioning repubs using tax havens in his anti dem screed.

But, your point is taken.

Marshall

I am not a big supporter of foreign aid, but this is an issue much more important than foriegn aid