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The Egyptian military seems to be siding with the people. Yay!
If my understanding is accurate, the US has given a lot of funding to the Egyptian government in general, but the military in specific. The military, unlike the entirely separate police force, is actually respected by the general populous. While the police has clearly been a beneficiary of US support, it is unclear to me how much of that is direct rather than as a byproduct of general support for the government.
In any case, while the US official response first favored Mubarak and was shortly followed by blatant back-peddling, I am hoping this makes us look less bad and lends weight to our current almost censure of Mubarak.
If my understanding is accurate, the US has given a lot of funding to the Egyptian government in general, but the military in specific. The military, unlike the entirely separate police force, is actually respected by the general populous. While the police has clearly been a beneficiary of US support, it is unclear to me how much of that is direct rather than as a byproduct of general support for the government.
In any case, while the US official response first favored Mubarak and was shortly followed by blatant back-peddling, I am hoping this makes us look less bad and lends weight to our current almost censure of Mubarak.
