This is freaking crazy. We say we’ve got Israel’s back, yet were modernizing the largest military, now largest Islamist miliatry in the Arab world? And what about our military?

Just unbelievable:

WASHINGTON TIMES – For Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood-dominated government, more battle tanks and jet fighters are on their way from the United States.

Cairo’s military link to Washington has remained intact, meaning the U.S. will continue to modernize the biggest military in Africa — even as President Mohammed Morsi has decreed near-absolute power for himself and his supporters and opponents battle outside his palace.

Analysts say Egypt’s military buildup presents risks for Washington — and Israel — with the growing influence of the Brotherhood, whose overriding goal is to establish Shariah, or Islamic, law worldwide.

A Pentagon statement to The Washington Times on Thursday said: “We are always reviewing our foreign assistance to make sure foreign assistance advances U.S. objectives and is being used for the right purposes.”

For now, Egypt is due 200 M1A1 Abrams battle tanks, the same mechanized firepower manned by American soldiers, bringing Egypt’s inventory to a robust 1,200.

Also in the pipeline is a squadron of the Air Force F-16 Falcon, a multipurpose warplane able to dogfight and drop ordnance.

The government awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. a contract in March 2010 for 20 F-16s, the last to be delivered next year. That would increase Egypt’s total fleet to 240, according to a company press release at the time.

“Egypt has far and away the largest army in Africa,” said Egypt analyst Robert Springborg, a professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.

The billions of dollars in U.S. military aid — in annual $1.3 billion stipends — have made the Egyptian air force the fourth-largest F-16 operator among 25 countries. Egypt’s 4,000 tanks, including the 1,000 or so M1A1s, make it the world’s seventh-largest tank army.

“This is a pretty substantial capacity that they have developed,” Mr. Springborg said.

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bbitter
bbitter

How do you spell 'treason'?

O-B-A-M-A?

Tall, Dark and Handsome
Tall, Dark and Handsome

What a disgrace. I only hope that those who have roots in Israel and who voted for him are aware of this.

And Egypt needs all this because that are threatened ? By who ????????????

bobemakk
bobemakk

Let's pray it was a wise decision and not like Afghanistan where the US trained Afghan troops and some of them killed our veterans. We live in a screwed up world and by doing this just adds to the confusion. Is this part of cutting the military budget, I don't think so. Any cuts to the military budget MUST be stopped dead in it's tracks.

poptoy1949
poptoy1949

Oh that Kenyan, what a Muslim he is. Imagine that !

hongryhawg
hongryhawg

Build their military up while cutting ours. Sounds like someone's plan is moving ahead.

Alky
Alky

"Sounds like someone's plan is moving ahead."

Uhmmm.... FORWARD.

repubboy
repubboy

Well this a fine kettle of fish.. Arming the enemies of our Friend Israel, so he can say that made peace in the middle east, Arming the Muslim Brotherhood radical president of Egypt so he can go and kill Jew's, so he can sell his obsolete military equipment to Hamas so they can wage war against Israel.. So our Illustrious leader has indeed chosen to arm the middle east and prepare them for war, instead of diffusing the situation and prepare them for a peaceful coexistence. Good Job Obama.. You will be remembered as the worst POTUS ever. A war monger that spoke out of two sides of his face at the same time !!!

57thunderbird
57thunderbird

Islam is the anti-Chtist.Obama is aiding and abetting the enemy.

wraith67
wraith67

This has been going on for decades. All the sophisticated anti air, radars, tanks, planes that we've sent to Egypt was promptly pointed in Israel's direction. Our SOF guys are still training their troops and SF.

The real question is why are we continuing to do it now?

(the threat that this equipment poses might not be as bad as it might look at first blush - the Egyptians are incapable of maintaining their tanks and planes, that is done by US contractors...were a balloon to go up, we'd only really need to pull our contractors out and the equipment would grind to a halt).

aposematic
aposematic

Hello! The US has armed the Islamists for many Decades. It helps keep the Saudis in line.

Itsy_bitsy
Itsy_bitsy

Those Israel supporters who backed Obama are fools! Their hero, Obama, is pro Muslim Brotherhood, and this group wants Israel destroyed. When will you open your eyes and admit your were fools to believe anything our new dictator says?

kong1967
kong1967

Obama is a scumbag from hell. He wants to obliterate our military while building up an Islamic military in Egypt....which will be used to attack Israel sooner or later.

Either Obama is braindead....which he is....or he is being treasonist and helping set up the destruction of Israel right under everyone's noses in broad daylight. People are actually buying this load of donkey bullsh**????!!!

mark1955
mark1955

All is not lost in Egypt. The people, In what must have sent shock waves,to every Despot ,Including the ones here in Washington and their Bankster ( Rockefeller/Rotschild ) overlords, stormed the gates of the Presidential Palace the other day and drove Morsi and his staff into hiding. Don't for one second think that Obama/Reid/Pelosi and company and BoehnerMcConnell/Jeb /Rove and company, aren't in at least a slight Panic over the "Peasants storming the Gates" aspect and what it might imply in the future,for our Overlord's over here. Those weapons might find there way very soon into the re-liberated Freedom loving Egyptian people. Things are not going exactly to plan in either Egypt or syria for Obama and his handlers.

aposematic
aposematic

Maybe. But, Obuma buying off the Egyptian Military to stay on Morsi's side can't help. It does kinda prove your point though...

kong1967
kong1967

What's Obama going to say about his buddy Morsi when Morsi starts using brutal force on his own people? I am a very strong believer that Obama pushed the Arab Spring so Islam could take over secular dictators. The story of "democracy" was a sham from the beginning. I read an article during the Arab Spring where a reporter interviewed top members of the Muslim Brotherhood and they said they were going to lay low until the leaders were toppled, then they were going to jump to power. Yet, the Obama administration seemed completely unaware and they still call it a Democracy. Does anyone...other than stupid liberals....believe this is a democracy or that there will ever be another election? Morsi will have to be forcefully removed and Sharia Law will have to be aborted.

Marridge
Marridge

Yes the left would argue this is democracy in action. What they would absolutely not get is that it could happen to them, too. We are being infiltrated by the MB ourselves and their goal of that is not that we can all play cards together.

Rene
Rene

With "fiscal cliff", where are we getting the money and power to fund our islamic allied terrorist enemies?

aposematic
aposematic

The Federal Reserve--that private cabal of World Banking tyrants raping and pillaging the American people's wealth.

12grace
12grace

G-d protect us from the punishment that will come down from G-d to America because of obama and his leftist thugs betrayal of Israel.

SineWaveII
SineWaveII

What happened to that money we were supposed to save from the ending our own wars that was supposed to be used to improve our infrastructure? Oh, it's' being used to arm our enemies instead. Well, that's what I get for listening to Oblahblahblah I guess. Let me just get an early start....ahem...Don't blame me, I voted for Romney/Ryan.

Obama lied and a whole bunch of people are going to die.

GetWhatYouPayFor
GetWhatYouPayFor

I have said it before, this is planned chaos with an economic motivation. Just giving them the tools of death. Israel is only the enemy because they are the lone beacon of freedom and democracy in the region. Much the same as the USA and why we must be neutralized from within. Religious belief is just a tool. Obama may side with the Muslims but he is more than willing too give them the tools to kill each other. Why? The vast natural resources of the African Continent will be plundered by the New World Order. A new economic recovery for the insanely wealthy. Barrack the magic man, claiming he is for the middle class and wants to tax the rich, is slight of hand. He is married to the Banksters, the NWO and Global Corporate interests. Our real fear should be that he is over matched, playing in the big league, and that he and we are being "played" as a result. They use his ideology and narcissism against him. How in God's name did he get reelected? Doesn't it seem like the game was fixed, up to and including his opponent?

SineWaveII
SineWaveII

It's more than that. Those interests own him outright. They aren't using anything against him. He's a willing participant, playing the role the he was purchased to play.

Susanna958
Susanna958

So, its only our own military budget being cut.

PicklePlants
PicklePlants

Were the h e l l is the press? You have got to be kidding me with this!

SineWaveII
SineWaveII

They are drawing lots to see which one them get's to smooch Obama's backside first.

NoToTyrants
NoToTyrants

Obama's World View:

Mubarak:

Secular Autocrat, Friendly to the West and Israel, Tolerant of Christians, Women have relative freedom

The Egyptian economy collapses sparking protests. The Muslim Brotherhood exploits the crisis in order to seize power. Obama and Hillary intercede and say Mubarak must go. They warn Mubarak not to use the military to restore order.

Morsi:

Muslim Brotherhood Islamist Fascist Dictator in waiting, anti-Western, actively seeks destruction of Israel. Christians are marginalized, harassed, and intimidated. Institutes theocratic rule of law as he announces Sharia will be basis of all laws. Sharia, which enslaves and oppresses woman, religious minorities, or anyone who disagrees with or speaks out against Islam.

Morsi attempts to rewrite the Egyptian Constitution, superseding the courts and the legislature, essential naming himself Pharaoh, which sparking protests. Muslim Brotherhood hires thugs to molest, rape, and intimidate. Obama and Hillary are not only silent, they decide now is the time to "modernize" Egypt's armed forces, all the while Obama is cutting America's armed service to pre-WWI levels.

Am I missing something? Or, did Obama and Hillary depose a mild-Despot to install a hostile tyrant, not only to minorities in Egypt, but one who seeks to destroy Western civilization, Christendom, and Judaism.

SineWaveII
SineWaveII

You missed one thing. Morsi removed the ban on slavery from the Egyptian constitution opening the door for Egypt to resume the Obama family business.

KenInMontana
KenInMontana

Egypt is due 200 M1A1 Abrams battle tanks, the same mechanized firepower manned by American soldiers

A couple of notes on this, these are not the same Abrams that are manned by US Forces, they may look similar, but looks can be deceiving. These are not equipped with the advanced fire control systems or even the same armor package. These are the "export" version. That said it won't matter that they have 1,200 of them, Israel's forces will still destroy them. Why you might ask, simple, a difference in a couple of key components, the men and women manning the Israeli tanks and their training.

SineWaveII
SineWaveII

I hope you're right. But there is a rumor that King Putt is also thinking of selling F-35s to Turkey and that's our most advanced VTOL fighter. I don't think there is a "export" version of that. I sure hope he doesn't do it, but I wouldn't put it past him.

KenInMontana
KenInMontana

Likely, in the case of the F-35, it will be like the F-14s we sold to the Shah of Iran. They will not have the advanced avionics package and will not come with spare parts, there is also the issue of training pilots and ground crews.

Addendum: That, of course, is if we sell them the aircraft, it could just be internet scuttlebutt.

librtifirst
librtifirst

There is no doubt that the commitment level and training of the Israelis goes far beyond what the Egyptian Muslims could ever have.

white531
white531

You couldn't write a movie script like this, and have any producer in Hollywood buy it. And yet, this is real. They are actually doing this. Unbelievable.

AmericanborninCanada
AmericanborninCanada

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white531
white531

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white531
white531

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AmericanborninCanada
AmericanborninCanada

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foxmulder
foxmulder

All these arrangements were made when Mubarak was in power. Our Muslim in chief is happy to provide his friends the Muslim Brotherhood the arms they will need when they decide to take on Israel again. It's going to happen. And Obama will once again give the orders to stand down.

FreeManWalking
FreeManWalking

This could come back to bite the USA in a very bad way...

God to Abraham

<> 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

<> 7“Come, O Zion! Escape, you who live in the Daughter of Babylon!” 8For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After he has honored me and has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye— 9I will surely raise my hand against them so that their slaves will plunder them.a Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me.

Sober_Thinking
Sober_Thinking

Maybe we could just send Obama over there - for good.

None of us are surprised... this is why we fought this monster's re-election tooth and nail. Obama is a Muslim... how can anyone deny that? And he hates America and he hates Israel.

StrangernFiction
StrangernFiction

Bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

Marridge
Marridge

Well Egypt may have the largest army in Africa, but Turkey in Asia Minor has the FIFTH largest army in the world, a fact that is lost on many people. They now want a boat load of F-35's. So Barack Hussein Obama is doing his very best to arm countries around Israel to the teeth.

Susanna958
Susanna958

I'm sure it hasn't gone unnoticed by Israel.

opinionatedhermit
opinionatedhermit

If only this equipment would have been made available in Benghazi......