Bandow: Obama Admin Turning Hypocrisy into Artform

Cato Institute senior fellow Doug Bandow explains the hypocrisy of the Obama administration in its dealings with Egypt.

The U.S. backed military regime in Cairo is killing more supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi. Yet Washington continues to proclaim its inability to see a coup, so America’s aid money still flows. The Obama administration is turning hypocrisy into an art form. Unfortunately, the rest of the world is not fooled.

The great foreign policy illusion in Washington is that the U.S. government controls international events. Thus, the administration proclaims that it must continue to hand $1.55 billion annually to the generals in Cairo to preserve its influence. Yet when did America last exercise influence in Egypt?

Read more of Bandow’s excellent analysis here.