# The Pentagon says we are paying our troops too much **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 9, 2010, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pentagon-says-we-are-paying-our-troops-too-much/538799 "2010-05-09T06:47:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 47
**Author:** ![Marmite\_Lover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Marmite\_Lover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marmite_Lover)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pentagon-says-we-are-paying-our-troops-too-much/538799/47 "2010-05-14T21:03:07Z")
> [@Ryan\_Liam](#): > > I think they’ve made more people of Middle Eastern extraction more afraid of being kidnapped and beheaded by one of your various extremist types than any miniscule amount of American tourists could ever be. First off, you live in Egypt I gathered, why not just, I dunno, cut off the $3 billion in aid they give to your government, that in itself would be a step in the right direction. You misread me. I wasn’t talking about Americans abroad. I was talking about them at home. It is not my government, I am not Egyptian. But I do agree they should stop the aid. Most is spent now on enhancing internal security and keeping Mubarak in power and crushing the likes of El Baradei or Ayman Nour. It keeps one party in power. Importantly this in turn recruits people to the Muslim Brotherhood. Take a walk round Cairo and talk to the people. The rest is on condition it buys US products which ensure the return of the money back to the US two fold. Ordinary Egyptians do not benefit and they see this. They see the US as a supporter of a dictator for 3 decades. Ask the man in the street. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pentagon-says-we-are-paying-our-troops-too-much/538799)._