A [Money]line in the Sand

The trouble between the U.S. and Egypt, on account of the Americans that are going on trial, is the direct consequence of the U.S. long-standing practice of meddling in other countries' affairs.With the sorry excuse of promoting democracy, these people went to Egypt under the cover of supposedly non-governmental organizations. Now, everybody knows that this is not true. It's a standard operating procedure for the Americans to cover up their political maneuvers by pretending that these things are private efforts. Of course, no one asks the simple question: Why do Americans think that they have the right to go to other countries and intervene in its political process? Would Americans tolerate foreign citizens who would do the same in the U.S.? Of course not.

This is a problem that the Americans have brought on themselves. Evidently, they thought that the new Egyptian government was a pushover. Now that they have found otherwise, the only thing they can think of is threatening  Egypt with withholding $1.5 billion in military aid. It's the same old story: the U.S. always buys or attempts to buy itself out of trouble. It never admits any wrongdoing. Instead, it uses money to bribe others into doing what it wants.

Let's see what happens in this case.