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In reply to the discussion: Sorry, you don't coddle religious fanatics of any stripe. [View all]Sekhmets Daughter
(7,515 posts)something too few Americans seem to recognize. This is considerably more than a schoolyard squabble. There is a professional hate machine operating throughout the Muslim world. The sensible thing for Americans to do is to be more aware that they (fundamentalist Muslims) are a backward people with too little information and too much time on their hands. Only Israel receives more monetary aid than Egypt. We don't give Egypt that money because we happen to love Egyptians, but to reward them for not entering into wars against Israel and to keep watch on the tunnels coming out of the Gaza strip. So cutting off the funds to Egypt will have unintended consequences.
We have been allowing religious fanatics to dictate policy here since 1948...Netanyahu is simply the last, and boldest, in a long line of bullies and blackmailers.