The Unraveling Of The U.S. - Egypt Relationship

U.S. Gen. Dempsey Heads To Egypt With Relations On Line -- McClatchy News

WASHINGTON — With $1.3 billion in annual U.S. military aid and a three-decade relationship hanging in the balance, U.S. officials said Tuesday that Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, would travel to Egypt to press for the criminal charges against at least 16 American nonprofit workers to be dropped.

The visit later this week by the top U.S. military official likely represents the strongest leverage the United States has in its effort to get Egypt's ruling generals to end a crackdown on American and Egyptian nonprofit groups. The White House and the State Department have unsuccessfully pressed the case with the Egypt's military council but no U.S. government department has worked more closely with the council over the years than the Pentagon has.

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More News On U.S. -- Egypt Relations

Top US general to visit Egypt amid row over NGOs -- Ahram Online
Top general to visit Egypt amid US-Cairo tensions -- AP
Joint Chiefs chairman heading to Egypt -- CNN
Military aid to Egypt under threat -- Sydney Morning Herald
US senators warn Egypt of 'disastrous' rupture in ties -- BBC
US Senators Warn Egypt of ‘Disastrous Rupture’ in Relations -- Voice of America
U.S. Senators warn of “disastrous” implications for Egyptian Indictment of NGO workers -- Foreign Policy
Charges Against American Backed NGOs Threaten American Egypt Relations -- IBTimes
U.S.-Egypt relations tested in latest crisis -- CNN
Egypt's PM Says US Threats to Cut Aid Won't Work -- ABC News/AP
Egypt will not be swayed by aid threat in NGOs case: PM -- Reuters
Egypt Willing to Lose $1.5 Billion in U.S. Aid to Prosecute Americans -- Atlantic Wire
Egypt's Generals Play Risky Game with US -- Hamza Hendawi, Time/AP

My Comment: Sending America's top general to Egypt is not the sign that you want to give. Secretary of State Clinton and/or Vice President Biden are the people who should get involved at this point in time .... and do it publicly.