• Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
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    8 months ago

    Egypt gets 1 billion dollar in American weapons every year to violently surpress their population with

    US allows much of Egypt military aid despite human rights concerns

    The Biden administration has allowed much of U.S. foreign military aid to Egypt to go ahead, saying the country was vital for U.S. national security interests despite what critics have said about widespread human rights abuses.

    Here’s an interesting graph from 2020 about American proxy countries (Afghanistan is over now):

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      8 months ago

      The 51st state, Egypt. Which is why it is on a chart with all those other states.