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Bribing Egypt
In 1979, as part of the Camp David Accords, the United States agreed to provide Egypt with roughly 2 billion dollars a year in economic and military assistance. The money, although not publicly acknowledged as such, was something of a bribe. Indeed, for Egypt’s decision to remain neutral in the Cold War, for its agreement to maintain peace with Israel, and for its support of US policies in the region, two billion dollars a year seemed like a pretty fair deal.
But now, nearly three decades later, Egypt is still receiving this massive aid package. And for what?
