The U.S. could reduce economic aid to Egypt

The White House plans to examine the aid allocated in favor of Egypt with a possible reduction of financial support to Cairo. The situation of the Egyptian country, despite the deposition of Mursi is anything but normalized to protests by supporters of the president ousted by military coup. For Washington, despite not liking the turn confessional impressed by the elections and foiled by the intervention of the armed forces to promote a more secular way, it is important to prove to the world that in a studio situation of Egyptian affairs, and especially not support, at least from official point of view, the overthrow of an elected government in a legitimate way. What the U.S. does not do is give a formal evaluation of the work of the Egyptian government headed by Mursi, which caused a wave of protests widespread in Egyptian society, because of the failure to respect the minorities and also the inability to exit the economic crisis, focusing on issues that aimed to turn Egypt into a country too influenced by Islamic morality in the institutions. Obama, in this delicate phase, especially in the neighboring region of the Middle East, he prefers to adopt a very cautious tactics in the internal affairs of an important state like Egypt, without hurting the feelings of the Muslim side, which has a great influence on the religious world Arabic. However, the measure will seek to take the U.S. President appears at odds with the goals of American foreign policy, especially in relation to the consequences of the change in the line of the new Egyptian government with Israel, Tel Aviv has in fact appreciated the exchange rate for the Egyptian political intentions the military to block the influx of Islamic radicals to and from the Gaza Strip, in order to make the border with Sinai potentially safer. Washington should accept this measure as well as the general secularization of the institutions of Egypt, dropped from the influence confessional to experience a vision of the state and more oriented to the values ​​of classical democracy. The decision, however, is not irrevocable right to a possible decrease of economic aid could also weigh the controversial violent events resulting from the fighting that followed the deposition of Mursi, which have not yet been fully clarified and which have aroused great impression on the international scene: for United States reduce aid to Egypt means also give a signal to the international community against the possible evolutions of the scenario is violent Egyptian, that other potential cases. As for the Egyptian military aviation supply of the four F-16 aircraft, combat aircraft, this will not be interrupted because it falls within a broader agreement that includes a total of twenty aircraft, of which eight have already been delivered. This fact shows that the U.S. will not abandon Egypt, especially with the presence of the military to secure the country against the drift of Islam.