We do not know much about Egyptian arm forces deals in our press despite the fact that other countries declare these deals to their parliaments just like for instance the United States of America.
Dear Arabist published the press releases of the Defense department’s security cooperation agency regarding our Egyptian army deals from the States.
Just going through the details so fast , you will understand why Egypt is from the top 5 countries when it comes to arms importers !!
I do not have anything against these reports , in fact I am happy that our army is not neglected with all the corruption in the country , it is better to import F16 than dogs with millions of dollars to the MOI.
I do not know why the regime keeps these deals as secret when they are available to everyone online.
I love this part in the press releases : The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region.This makes me ask : what is the basic military balance in the region !!??
I hope that the F16 pilots who will be trained or are trained in the States currently do not meet the fate of its colleagues in 1999 , I also hope that if we are going to spend billions of dollars that our regime and army be more generous and do not put all your eggs in one plane !!
I only have one question : If we know how to spend billions of dollars on the best of arms , why we do not spend millions of dollars on the best of civilian infrastructure as well !!??
The infrastructure is an essential part of our national security just like our arm forces’ arms.
Each F16 costs $25,000,000 while 60% Egyptians live on $2/day let alone the crumbling
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