Quote Originally Posted by Panda
About 40 $billion into the army coffers over the years there Tom
You need to look at the value of the gas Egypt has been supplying Israel since their "ceasefire". Israel got cheap gas from Egypt which was repaid by the Israeli controlled US government.

Quote Originally Posted by Panda
Hence the ongoing protests by its people and the continuing human rights abuses by the military.
By inference the US is turning a blind eye to these alleged abuses