4 F-16's delivered to Egypt last week

[itshappening]

Egypt is in flames with riots and protests, meanwhile the Obama administration has started sending the regime F16's:

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Four F-16 fighter jets left the U.S. this morning, bound for Egypt as part of a foreign aid package critics say should have been scrapped when the nation elected a president who has called President Obama a liar and urged that hatred of Jews be instilled in children.

A source who works on the naval air base in Fort Worth, Texas, confirmed the departure of the state-of-the-art fighter planes to FoxNews.com. Sixteen F-16s and 200 Abrams tanks are to be given to the Egyptian government before the end of the year under a foreign aid deal signed in 2010 with then-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a longtime U.S. ally.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/01/22/gift-us-f-16-fighter-jets-en-route-to-egypt-amid-criticism/#ixzz2JSJVlBFX
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Rand Paul is proposing to stop the sending of F-16's to Egypt, this could be a popular move. On Rand's facebook 60,000 users have 'liked' the following post:

http://www.facebook.com/RandPaul2010/posts/10151318900756107

[Confederate]

Can we ship Danke over with them?

[robert68]

"We need to remember that Egypt isn't just important to Israel. It is critical to us, because it controls the Suez Canal. It has been a vital staging point for U.S. operations in the gulf."

Cordesman argued that the F-16 fighter jets are unlikely to be turned against us or our allies, as they are too complex to be used effectively without U.S. maintenance.



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