Why the anti-American sentiment in Egypt?
source: http://www.examiner.com/foreign-policy-in-national/why-the-anti-american-sentiment-egypt
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There are too many reasons, but they can be narrowed down to a few core issues that have troubled Egyptian citizens for a long time. It should also be noted that despite this anti-Americanism which has deepened since the Bush years, pre-revolution Egyptians wanted to leave their country to come to America. An oxymoron perhaps, but nevertheless a fact.For decades, the US gave Egypt's dictator, Hosni Mubarak, a man despised by Egyptian citizens, total support and a very handsome $1.5billion purse to keep its army happy, and away from Israel's borders. Albeit the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel was a cold one, Mubarak knew what to do in order to keep those dollars coming, and the US relatively at ease about Israeli security. While the same can be said about Jordan's King, Jordan's role as far as Israel's security is concerned is not as pivotal as Egypt's.
Egyptians citizens resented the hesitant and duplicitous rhetoric which emanated from Washington at the beginning of the uprising in late January which sought to topple the Mubarak regime. They never forgot it, despite the fact that eventually, the White House realized that the momentum of the revolutionary movement was irreversible, and that it had better get on the right side of history, even if it meant sacrificing Mubarak. US officials still dreamed that perhaps Suleiman, the second most hated figure in Egypt, could be a suitable replacement. Dream on.
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