the vile, torturing, opponent disappearing, Al-Sisi regime and releases aid monies.

Disgusting. SHAME.

Yeah, OK. The US is in a bind. Do you want the Gaza floodgates to open up and Israel to start nuking people? It's quaint how such complicated situations are reduced to such narrow minded pathetic soundbytes.

Note: I'm against Sisi and his regime. I simply don't think it is as narrow minded and silly as this post suggests.

I suggest you go read my post in GD about what this regime has been doing.

I think it's pathetic that you claim to be against Al-Sisi and the regime when you don't support withholding aid and do support the current U.S. position re Al-Sisi. By the way, "enthusiastic" is a word many newspapers used about Kerry expressing U.S. support.

Inane, silly, cynical and protective of the President is what your post embodies, Josh.

You are naive and ignorant.

Yeah, sure, cut all aid. Let's see what happens. Should be fun times.

regimes has always come out just peachy right? A phrase about doing something over and over again comes to mind.

"do you want Israel to start nuking people?". The latter is a stupid strawman that no-one, not even Fox News or Condi Rice, would come up with. You can't seriously compare that "narrow minded pathetic soundbyte" with anything cali or anyone on DU has said.

@jricole: Kerry released $580 mn in military aid to Sisi & pressured him on press freedom; in response, Sisi sentenced journalists to 7 years

Or cut of the cash spiqot

The brotherhood had to be crushed and he did a fine job of it. Without him, Egypt would have been another fucked up jihad/sharia/fatwa nutcase.

Guess that makes me fascist.

Oh, and the Taliban too.

Al Sisi is the equivalent of General Pinochet.

tell that to the coptic christians who were slaughtered and whose churches were looted by this terrorist group disguised as a "brotherhood."

Ruling by terror may be a historical practice of Islamic rulers but in today's world, tolerance and coexistence should trump violence.