On the recordFebruary 15, 2012
We have given so much money to the military, but the military is seen as the Mubarak regime that has been the oppressor.
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congress.govWe have given so much money to the military, but the military is seen as the Mubarak regime that has been the oppressor.
Ackerman criticizes U.S. military aid supporting oppressive regimes.
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I hope to see power handed over to a civilian government that is committed to a pluralistic Egypt that remains an ally of the United States and committed to peace with Israel.
There is corruption everywhere. I think on a scale of all the nations, 1 to 184, I think Sweden or Finland is number one with the least corruption and North Korea is 184.
If making predictions is a sucker's game, then making predictions about Egypt must be a sort for mad men.
Anything less is demeaning to the process and to ourselves as good, decent human beings.