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John McCain: US Must Suspend Aid to Egypt

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Randall Gross7/07/2013 1:11:22 pm PDT

This is a case where they are both right - however one is more slightly more morally correct than the other. I lean slightly towards Obama’s view just because of the humanitarian considerations. Things are bad enough, if we cut food aid other USAID programs then that’s lots of children and elderly starving and dying. There isn’t a faction to prefer or back here, but if you cut aid prematurely then you lose whatever lever you had to push for fast elections while fostering a lot more misery than need be. You will notice that Obama is also speaking to the people in Egypt and asking them not to exclude the brotherhood entirely.