Sen. Cornyn (TX) on Egypt

Open Email to Sen. Cornyn (TX):

Dear Sen. Cornyn,
    Thank you for your form letter on Egypt. It presumably refers to my generally published email of 8/16 entitled, "US Confused on Egypt".
    In my 8/16 email, I said that other than keeping an eye on developments with respect to Israel and physically protecting continued traffic through the Suez Canal, the US has no other business in Egypt.
    In your recent form letter, you review the history of the ouster of Presidents Mubarak and Morsi. You then go on to discuss Egyptian politics and finally say that you share my concerns about these events. Lastly, you say you support continued funding to Egypt . Presumably this means to the extent of $2 billion per year and to whatever government is there to receive the money. You say you support this to advance the United States’ interest in regional stability.
    Sen. Cornyn, may I respectfully remind you that to repeat a cliché, we are not the world's policeman. If Egyptians want to argue about who runs the government and kill each other in the argument, it is not our business. And, it only becomes our business if there is a threat to the physical stability of Israel, to which we have a supporting obligation. We also need to keep the Suez Canal open as an international waterway for the transport of oil and other commodities.
    Don't spend the $2 billion on an Egyptian government, in the hope to create Middle East stability, which you must know is futile. Spend the money on US warships, including aircraft carriers and Marines necessary to protect the continued flow of traffic through the Suez Canal and to demonstrate that physical action will be used in any attack on Israel.