Though strategist Putin vs. silly weak Obama

[Mahmoud_EGY]

Look, Egyptian army is a state within a stae, you know that. With it come certain ambitions, reinforced once the leading element of the army starts disagreeing with policy decisions made by politicians.
Syria had no such thing, no Sisi who calculated he can weather it out for a year while MB tried to govern.

you know that it was morsi himself who choose sisi to replace tantawi as minster of defense

 

[Audio]

you know that it was morsi himself who choose sisi to replace tantawi as minster of defense

What a bad choice! Didn't know.

 

[Mahmoud_EGY]

What a bad choice! Didn't know.

they dont understand the way the army work or the way the people of Egypt think even with all their experience and resources they will always be strangers to us

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

The only ally the US has in the ME is Israel.

They certainly like our military bases.
Middle East - 2015 Index of U.S. Military Strength

• Kuwait. There are approximately 15,000 U.S. troops based in Kuwait.66 These troops are spread among Camp Arifjan, Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base, and Ali Al Salem Air Base.
• UAE. According to UAE and U.S. officials, there are about 5,000 U.S. troops, mainly Air Force personnel, stationed at Al Dhafra Air Base. The main mission for U.S. troops in the UAE is to operate refueling and surveillance aircraft. In April 2012, the United States reportedly deployed several F-22 Raptor combat aircraft to Al Dhafra.67
• Oman. Since 2004, Omani facilities reportedly have not been used for air support operations in either Afghanistan or Iraq, and the numbers of U.S. military personnel in Oman have fallen to about 200, mostly from the U.S. Air Force. The United States reportedly can use—with advance notice and for specified purposes—Oman’s military airfields in Muscat (the capital), Thumrait, and Masirah Island.68
• Bahrain. The longest serving permanent U.S. military presence in the Middle East is found in Bahrain, and today some 7,000 U.S. military personnel are based there. Bahrain is home to the Naval Support Activity Bahrain and the U.S. Fifth Fleet so the majority of U.S. military personnel are predominantly from the U.S. Navy. In addition, there are a significant number of U.S. Air Force personnel operating out of Shaykh Isa Air Base, where F-16s, F-18s, and P-3 surveillance aircraft are stationed.69 The deep-water port of Khalifa bin Salman is one of the few facilities in the Gulf that can accommodate U.S. aircraft carriers.
• Saudi Arabia. The U.S. withdrew the bulk of its troops from Saudi Arabia in 2003. Little information on the number of U.S. military personnel currently based there is available. However, elements of the U.S. 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, along with the six-decade-old United States Military Training Mission to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the four-decade-old Office of the Program Manager of the Saudi Arabian National Guard Modernization Program, and the five-year-old Office of the Program Manager–Facilities Security Force are all based in Eskan Village Air Base, approximately 13 miles south of the capital city, Riyadh.70
• Qatar. It is thought that thousands of U.S. troops are based in Qatar, mainly from the U.S. Air Force. The U.S. operates its Combined Air Operations Center out of Al Udeid Air Base, which is one of the most important U.S. airbases in the world. Al Udeid Air Base also serves as the forward headquarters of CENTCOM. In addition, the base houses significant pre-positioned equipment for the U.S. military.
• Jordan. Although there are no permanent U.S. military bases in Jordan, the U.S. has a long history of conducting training exercises in the country. Due to recent events in neighboring Syria, 1,500 American soldiers, a squadron of F-16s, and a Patriot Missile Battery have been temporarily based in Jordan.71
• Iraq. In December 2011, the number of U.S. troops in Iraq was reduced to 150 personnel to protect the U.S. embassy. However, since the invasion of northwestern Iraq by the Islamic State, U.S. troop numbers in the country have gradually been increasing. As of September 2014, there were about 1,600 U.S. troops committed to train, support, and advise Iraqi security forces.72

 

[Ceylal]

Obama is silly to be kind to the 2 middle Eastern OCD , the spineless and the sadist blackmailer.
In the $5.8 B, foreign aid Israel and Egypt take the lion share...75% is diverted to them.


On a trip to Washington this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed with President Obama the terms of a new 10-year military aid package that the Israelis hope could eventually reach up to $50 billion. The renewal of ties comes in the face of conspicuous animositybetween the two leaders, who have sparred over the collapse of the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians as well as the White House's diplomatic overtures to Iran's theocratic regime.



Egypt, meanwhile, has drifted into authoritarianism since a 2013 coup toppled its democratically elected Islamist government; hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters were slaughtered, while thousands of supposed dissidents have been detained or disappeared. The worrying state of human rights in Egypt and the country's shrinking political freedoms have not stopped U.S. arms shipments, though.

Chart: The two countries that eat up most U.S. military aid - The Washington Post