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Note to Obama: The Muslim Brotherhood is about to control Egypt. The Muslim Brotherhood wants to cancel the peace treaty with Israel and kill all the Jews. Yes, Egypt needs help, Obama, but not that kind of help. If you still insist on giving aid to Egypt, it seems to me that you need help, too …

By Warren Strobel – “(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama plans to accelerate the pace of American aid to Egypt, a top State Department official said on Wednesday, as the most populous Arab nation reaches a critical stage in its uncertain transition away from autocratic rule.

Undersecretary of State Robert Hormats, part of a U.S. delegation that held unprecedented talks last week with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, said Washington wanted to provide ‘more immediate benefits’ to Egyptians, who earlier this month conducted their first democratic elections in decades.

‘During this period, we want to be as supportive as we can. This is an historic moment. Egypt’s a country of enormous importance,’ Hormats said.

Under the plan, some non-urgent U.S. aid slated for other countries – he did not name them – would be redirected to Egypt. And funding in the pipeline for long-term programs in Egypt would be shifted to quick-impact projects, he said.

Hormats, speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of the annual World Economic Forum, emphasized that the White House had not made any final decisions, and that he was providing Washington’s “broad thinking” on the subject.

It was unclear whether the total amount of U.S. aid to Egypt would be increased. ‘Whether it’s an increase or whether it’s reprioritizing existing assistance, we’re still working this out,’ Hormats said.

Still, he made clear the United States wants to be seen as doing more to assist a hoped-for democratic evolution in Egypt, where the military still holds ultimate power on the first anniversary of protests that ousted President Hosni Mubarak.” Read more.