Secretary of State Marco Rubio has waived a restriction on $320 million in military aid to Egypt that had been previously withheld over human rights concerns, citing Egypt’s help in dealing with Iran since the conflict began earlier this year.

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      27 days ago

      I’m sorry, but we are instead arming and financing Israel and Saudi Arabia, both of which coincidentally have universal healthcare.

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        27 days ago

        I don’t know if you could call their systems universal, there are a lot of people in those countries that can’t access the systems. You could probably say universal healthcare for citizens, and in Saudis case a select group of citizens.

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          26 days ago

          They say that they have universal healthcare for citizens, and the people that live there say that they have universal healthcare.

          That’s all I know.

          I don’t think ANYONE has truly “universal healthcare”, as that would mean that they provide service to the universe, which is a lie. They don’t even care for the entire population of the earth. madness

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    we give you loads of tax payer money and you give it to the military industry

    that is the deal.

    you need to help destroy Gaza though

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    27 days ago

    This sounds like we’re trying to be nice, but instead we are fighting in Syria and Iran and Israel (I count Israel as the USA for practicality’s sake, let’s not be pedantic), and we are using this as pressure to get Egypt to do… something.

    I’m not sure if we want them to join in the fight or if it’s a bribe to keep them out. Either way, USA makes bank.

    I am against arming Egypt, Iran, Palestine, Saudi Arabia and any other Islamic states, and also against arming Israel

    … BUT I do know we are the world’s arms dealer, making more military hardware and guns than China, Russia, and the top five or six other producers combined, so this is making “us” (weapons makers and suppliers and international banking with US dollar) a bloody fortune.