My personal opinion is that Morsi accepts aid from the United States without gratitude. Much like American Muslims are sometimes encouraged to milk the welfare system here, there is a proud tradition in Islam of making “infidels” pay for their transgressions. By that I mean that they expect payment in cash. I am not the foremost expert on Islam so take this for what it’s worth but my feeling is that the relationship between the United States and Egypt is somewhat like a mafia group who is getting paid “protection money.” There is no gratitude for the assistance. We are basically paying them not to kill us. They feel that we owe them as much.

My personal opinion is that Morsi accepts aid from the United States without gratitude. Much like American Muslims are sometimes encouraged to milk the welfare system here, there is a proud tradition in Islam of making “infidels” pay for their transgressions. By that I mean that they expect payment in cash. I am not the foremost expert on Islam so take this for what it’s worth but my feeling is that the relationship between the United States and Egypt is somewhat like a mafia group who is getting paid “protection money.” There is no gratitude for the assistance. We are basically paying them not to kill us. They feel that we owe them as much.