"In Egypt, it’s unlikely that any group receives more money from foreign sources than the military — roughly $1.3 billion in United States government aid per year, more than $39 billion over the last three decades.
Yet, the generals who have controlled the country since President Hosni Mubarak was ousted a year ago have started a preposterous crusade against civil society groups that on average get far less per year from foreign sources, most of it from the United States.
Their paranoid argument? That the groups — which do voter and poll-worker training among other things — are “foreign hands” out to destroy Egypt at a time of unprecedented unrest. The generals portray themselves as defenders of the country’s sovereignty.
The army is under fire at home for holding back the democratic tide, abusing civilians even more than Mr. Mubarak and failing to govern effectively, so it is using America as a scapegoat. The confrontation is poisoning relations with a key ally at a time when Egypt needs all the friends it can get. It is diverting attention from solving the country’s profoundly serious problems: continued political turmoil and looming economic meltdown."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/opinion/egypts-unwise-course.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211
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