Poll: Egyptians don't want aid from US, we want aid from Iran, Turkey.

Poll: Egyptians don't want aid from US, we want aid from Iran, Turkey.(JPost).An overwhelming majority of Egyptians support replacing US economic aid with funds from Iran or Turkey, according to new poll results, while the proportion of those viewing the treaty with Israel as positive has remained steady at just under half. Eighty-two percent of Egyptians questioned opposed US economic aid to Egypt - according to figures released this weekend by the US-based Gallup polling organization - up from 71% in December 2011 and 52% in April of that year.
The latest figures, released in 2010, show US assistance to Egypt standing at $1.7 billion - the fifth-highest foreign-aid package after Afghanistan, Pakistan, Israel and Iraq. Still, $1.3 billion of that sum is earmarked for military purposes, and Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has given no indication it intends to cut its portion of Washington's package. Egyptians' attitudes toward US aid appeared to have soured at the same time as American and European NGO employees faced charges of illegally accepting foreign funds and stirring unrest. The military council closed the NGOs in December, but a month ago dropped the charges against the six US workers and lifted the travel ban against them.
Still, the NGO saga continues to stir strong emotions among ordinary citizens in Egypt, and the country's parliamentary speaker - representing the Muslim Brotherhood - has called for an investigation into how the decision to remove the travel ban was issued. A Gallup poll released last month found 56% of Egyptians view closer relations with the US as bad for their country, up from 40% in December of last year. Just over a quarter say closer relations with Washington are a positive thing, compared with 41% who favor closer ties with Iran and 60% with Turkey.
US President Barack Obama has made rapprochement with the Muslim world one of his signature foreign-policy objectives, making a well-publicized address in Cairo in June 2009 and calling for the ouster of then-president Hosni Mubarak - a key US ally for three decades - just days into the popular uprising against him in February 2011. Still, the latest results indicate only 19% of Egyptians express approval of US government policy, while 65% disapprove and the rest are undecided. The number of Egyptians who view the peace treaty with Israel as a good thing remained largely steady since 10 months ago at just under half, while 42% said it was bad and the rest were undecided.Hmmm.....Trust the Obama Admin to ignore Congress and keep giving Billions of taxpayer money to a government that hates the U.S.Read the full story here.