no shit Sherlock..
now see if you can tie in "Trump gave Egypt to the Russian's"
Obama Wrecked U.S.-Egypt Ties
he administration’s painted-in-gray policy utterly confused Cairo, which is confronting multiple threats on multiple fronts, and therefore views things in black-and-white terms. The July 2013 ouster of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi locked the Egyptian government in a violent, life-and-death struggle with the Brotherhood, whose supporters demanded Sisi’s execution, orchestrated a low-profile insurgency against state institutions, and called for “martyrdom” in a January 2015 statement declaring “jihad.” Meanwhile, the Egyptian military began a major offensive against Sinai-based jihadis in September 2013, and launched a series of airstrikes against jihadis in Libya starting in August 2014.
So as bombs exploded in major Egyptian cities, and as hundreds of security forces were killed in Sinai and the Western Desert, and as the broader region continued its descent into unprecedented chaos,
Cairo had one question for Washington: are you with us or against us? The Egyptian government, in other words, didn’t view the Obama administration’s withholding of F-16 fighter jets as an affirmation of Washington’s commitment to democracy. Rather, Cairo saw the move as a significant blow to its long-term security at perhaps the most dangerous moment in contemporary Middle Eastern history.
Therefore, with the generous help of its Persian Gulf allies,
Egypt sought to satisfy its defense needs elsewhere. It signed a $5.5 billion deal to buy 24 Rafale fighter jets from France, and is negotiating a $3.5 billion arms deal with Russia.
As a result, Washington’s influence with Cairo waned.
Egypt blew off the administration’s criticism of its strikes against jihadis in Libya, rejected Washington’s offer of counterterrorism training, and will likely purchase S-300 surface-to-air missiles from Russia
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/obama-wrecked-us-egypt-ties-12573
