# 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:** 54
**Author:** ![NotfooledbyW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f475e1/32.png) [@NotfooledbyW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotfooledbyW)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-aid-to-egypt-is-the-law/662825/54 "2013-07-10T23:30:13Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Very complicated. But, it also notes that Obama is the decider as to whether this is a coup or not, so it’s really up to him unless Congress writes a new law. I’ll go with what an Egyptian thinks about it: > [@](#): > > This is a historical revolution and not a coup d’etat or protest movement or outraged uprising. It is a revolution that will continue until all of its goals are realized. > > — > > Nawal El Saadawi is an internationally renowned Egyptian writer who’s writing has influenced five generations of women and men in Egypt and other Arab countries, and paved the way for dissidence, rebellion and revolution. For more than four decades she has suffered under Egyptian political and religious authorities, which has led to imprisonment, exile, death threats and court trials. Read More: > **[Egypt: A People’s Revolution, Not a Crisis or Coup (Nawal El Saadawi)](https://www.juancole.com/2013/07/peoples-revolution-saadawi.html)** > > Nawal El Saadawi Nawal El Saadawi writes at IslamiCommentary (translated by miriam cooke) Every revolution in history has had its counter-revolution. Most recently, internal and external forces allied, as they did in Egypt, to abort the January 2011... --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cutting-off-aid-to-egypt-is-the-law/662825)._