# Cutting off aid to Egypt is the law **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 6, 2013, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-aid-to-egypt-is-the-law/662825 "2013-07-06T23:52:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 101
**Author:** ![NotfooledbyW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f475e1/32.png) [@NotfooledbyW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotfooledbyW)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-aid-to-egypt-is-the-law/662825/101 "2013-07-12T19:40:08Z")
> [@Terr](#): > > [Law requires Obama administration to cut off Egyptian aid | The Daily Caller](http://dailycaller.com/2013/07/05/law-requires-obama-administration-to-cut-off-egyptian-aid/) > > The law: > > "none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly any assistance to any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by a military coup or decree.” I think a fair argument for continued $ support to the Egyptian military within the law as written is the word ‘duly’ as in ‘duly elected head of government’. I continue to agree with Nawal El Saadawi that the secular revolution of 2011 did not end with Morsi’s election. That election need not be accepted as a reliable transition to democracy. According to an Egyptian friend and co-worker what we discussed over lunch is that Morsi bought the election by seeking out millions of illiterate and poor and provide them food with a ballot circled what picture to vote for. The Muslim Brotherhood was organized to pull that off. Enough Egyptians rejected Morsi and the case that Morsi was duly elected rests only with the Muslim Brotherhood’s most ardent fillers and thus evaporated. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-aid-to-egypt-is-the-law/662825)._