Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

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The so-called Arab democracy summit breaks down over who controls the purse strings as well. We are, and have always been, in the mideast for oil. It all comes down to money.

U.S.-backed Mideast democracy summit fails
Egypt derails agreement at international conference intended to advance democracy in the Middle East.

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/auto/epaper/editions/sunday/news_34673fe35296622600aa.html

In a surprise move, Egypt, which accounts for more than half the Arab world's population and is the second-largest recipient of U.S. aid, derailed the Forum for the Future by demanding that Arab governments have significant control over which pro-democracy groups would receive aid from a new fund.