# Egypt and the U.S.: Buddies Again!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 3, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egypt-and-the-u-s-buddies-again/726851 "2015-08-03T03:58:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egypt-and-the-u-s-buddies-again/726851/1 "2015-08-03T03:58:30Z")

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\*\*Kerry says US, Egypt return to ‘stronger base’ in ties \*\*

> **[Kerry says US, Egypt return to 'stronger base' in ties](https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2015/0802/Kerry-says-US-Egypt-return-to-stronger-base-in-ties)**
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> Secretary of State John Kerry says the US and Egypt are returning to a "stronger base" in bilateral ties despite tensions and human rights concerns. It was the first time the two countries had a strategic talk since 2009.

I guess I must have missed the articles about the big improvement in human rights there in the last several months; could someone cite some articles? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egypt-and-the-u-s-buddies-again/726851/2 "2015-08-03T04:31:17Z")

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I think it’s more based on the assumption that when human rights and democracy records in the Middle East range from lousy to horrible, we work with lousy.

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**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egypt-and-the-u-s-buddies-again/726851/3 "2015-08-03T05:07:18Z")

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> The United States and Egypt are returning to a “stronger base” in bilateral ties despite tensions and human rights concerns, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday after talks with his Egyptian counterpart.
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> “There are obviously circumstances where we have found reason to have grave concern and we have expressed it very publicly,” he said at a news conference with Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri. “But we have multiple issues that we need to work on simultaneously.”

Kerry doesn’t even hint at improvements in human rights. It’s just a matter of having other issues.

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**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egypt-and-the-u-s-buddies-again/726851/4 "2015-08-03T06:41:14Z")

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It’s generally best to be friendly to the 800-lb Gorilla next door.

Perhaps many Egyptians would prefer America to have better human rights, but they just have to suck it up.