Arming the Enemy Violates a Basic Moral Law of Foreign Policy

I’m going to be writing quite a bit more over on the opinion page of the Christian Post, one of the largest Christian news outlets.  My first column is about the dreadful decision to give modern tanks and fighter jets to Muslim Brotherhood-led Egypt.  It begins:

It should be a basic moral axiom of American foreign policy that we don't give away advanced weapons to racist, radical, and unstable foreign governments.
In fact, that's not just morality; it's common sense.

Yet that's exactly what we're doing. The Obama administration is in the process of delivering 20 advanced F-16 fighter jets and 200 M1 Abrams tanks to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood-led government. Four jets have been delivered, and the rest of the equipment will be delivered within months. To be clear, Egypt did not purchase these weapons. They're a gift from you, the American taxpayer, to the Muslim Brotherhood.

That's right, at exactly the same time that 77 percent of American taxpayers face tax increases as a result of the most recent fiscal cliff deal, a radical jihadist government gets more than $200 million worth of American arms – for free.

Read the whole thing.

Even though the first jets have been delivered, it’s our intention to fight the delivery of the remaining jets and tanks until they are stopped or the last weapon leaves our shores.  Almost 225,000 Americans have signed our petition to stop these deliveries, and because they spoke up nineteen U.S. Senators are now on record opposing the arms transfer.

It’s progress, but there is much more work to be done.  Senator Rand Paul is introducing a bill to stop arms shipments to Egypt, and now a host of pundits and commentators are speaking out against this outrage.   

In short, opposition is building, but each day that passes brings us one day closer to the next delivery.  Simply put, we are racing against time, ideology, and Washington inertia to stop a foolish and dangerous foreign policy blunder.