Congressmen: Obama 'Reckless' to Arm Egypt with F-16 Fighter Jets

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Congressmen: Obama 'Reckless' to Arm Egypt with F-16 Fighter Jets

by Michael Patrick Leahy29 Dec 2012, 9:16 AM PDT

On Thursday Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) criticized the Obama administration for sending twenty F-16 fighter jets to the new Muslim Brotherhood-dominated Egyptian government.

 

"It is reckless and unwise for the U.S. to give F-16s to Egypt and its new president/dictator, controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood," Poe explained. "This extremist group is notoriously anti-American and anti-Israel. The United States should not be arming a country ruled by a group that has the destruction of Israel in its charter."

Poe joined a chorus of legislators who earlier this month voiced their opposition to the Obama administration's gift of F-16s to Egypt. Mac Thornberry (R-TX) cautioned: "At this point, we don't know where Egypt is headed. We should be cautious about driving them away, but we should also be cautious about the arms we provide."

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, (R-FL) shared