Tuesday, September 20, 2022

U.S. to withhold $130 mln or 10% of total of military aid to Egypt in 2022 over human rights. Really!

The politics of tokenism! U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is such a narrow minded clown! Yesterday, I blogged here about Blinken's speech at a U.N. LGBT! meeting.

"The Biden administration has decided to withhold $130 million of foreign military aid to Egypt over its failure to fulfill human rights conditions ...
The aid that Blinken has decided to withhold accounts for 10% of the $1.3 billion allocated for Egypt annually. An official said State Department lawyers determined that 10% was the maximum that could be withheld this year. ..."

U.S. to withhold $130 mln of military aid to Egypt over human rights -official | Reuters

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