A reporter asked Deputy Spokesman Patrick Ventrell about the sale of tear gas canisters from a U.S. manufacturer at a midday press conference, and Ventrell confirmed the State Department had authorized the deal in question.
"I can tell you that we have approved an export license for the shipment of U.S.-manufactured nonlethal riot control agents to the Egyptian Government," he responded, with the caveat that "we strongly support the right of all Egyptians to assemble, to peacefully protest, and violence has no place in a free and democratic Egypt."
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WTF is going on with this country.
I'm now embarrassed to be the USA.
"...we strongly support the right of all Egyptians to assemble...". we ALSO strongly support the military industrial complex, so we had to make a choice, okay? Good luck with all that "freedom" stuff....
Moslem helping Moslems, not complicated.
Read between the lines...
"We would rather make a few bucks keeping a likely shady government in power by selling them harmful chemicals that will likely be used against their own people than helping to create an environment that would allow both sides in a significant dispute to find their own resolution to their problems."
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