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“Egypt already has more planes and tanks than any other country on the African continent, and I fear one day, these arms may be used against Israel or America,” Zionist Paul wrote in an article on The Washington Times.
He lashed out at the Obama administration for granting hundreds of millions of dollars to Egypt while cities in the US are grappling with financial crisis.
“President Obama sends billions of dollars to Egypt in the form of advanced fighter jets and tanks. Meanwhile, cities like Detroit and Chicago crumble,” the Senator said.
From July 3 when the Egyptian army toppled the democratically-elected government of Mohammed Morsi, it was clear the US would shy away from calling the incident a coup as it would, according to US law, automatically end American aid to Egypt.
“In the case of aiding Egypt, the law is clear. When a military coup overturns a democratically elected government, all military aid must end. So when the military coup occurred in Egypt, how did the president respond? How did Congress respond?” the Senator added.
“The president and his cohorts in Congress responded by shoveling good money after bad into the failed state of Egypt. The president and his cohorts in Congress are intent on building nations abroad. I believe it’s time we do some nation-building at home.”
The Senate on Wednesday killed a measure from Senator Paul 86 to 13 that would have cut off US aid to Egypt and spent the money on crumbling bridges in the US.
“All military aid must end, that’s the law. There is no presidential waiver, the law states unequivocally the aid must end,” Paul said. “If we choose to ignore our own laws, can we with a straight face preach to the rest of the world about the rule of law?”
