The Split Between The U.S. And Egypt Escalates

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Egyptian Defense Minister Abdul Fatah Khalil al-Sisi in Cairo, Egypt on March 3, 2013. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]

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Obama administration rejects urgent appeal from Egypt to deliver Apache attack helicopters

The Obama administration has turned down an urgent appeal from Egypt’s government for the delivery of U.S. Apache attack helicopters needed for counterterrorism operations in the Sinai Peninsula.

U.S. officials and a Western diplomat said the 10 AH-64 attack helicopters had been blocked from delivery in October in response to the administration’s opposition to the military ouster of Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammad Morsi last year.

The U.S. Embassy in Cairo within the past several weeks relayed the Egyptian government’s appeal to send the new Apaches in a cable to the State Department.

According to U.S. officials, the Egyptians said the attack helicopters were urgently needed for Cairo’s fight in the Sinai against a new al Qaeda-linked terrorist group called Ansar Bait al-Maqdis, or Ansar Jerusalem.

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My Comment: The U.S. has decided to take sides .... and they are not on the side of Egypt's interim government. Here is an interesting comparison .... a popular revolution overthrows a democratically elected but unpopular President in Egypt .... the U.S. shuns the new government. A popular revolution overthrows a democratically elected but unpopular President in Ukraine .... the U.S. embraces the new government. A double standard in play?