By Cliff Montgomery – May 23rd, 2011
A February Congressional Research Service report entitled, Political Transition in Tunisia, openly described the current revolutionary wave sweeping across the Middle East thus:
“The Tunisia uprising appears to have added momentum to latent anti-government and pro-reform sentiment in Egypt, Yemen, Algeria, Jordan, and other countries, and has sparked international concern over stability in a region long associated with seemingly secure, autocratic, pro-U.S. regimes.”[Emphasis added]
So roughly how much assistance do these “autocratic, pro-U.S. regimes” get from our country, every year? Below The American Spark prints a quick study of the matter for its readers:
Libya
U.S. Economic aid – $10.70 million
Bahrain
U.S. Economic aid – $0.40 million
U.S. Military aid – $8.70 million
Saudi Arabia
U.S. Economic aid – $0.50 million
Egypt (When Under Dictator Hosni Mubarak)
U.S. Economic aid – $483.20 million
U.S. Military aid – $1.3 billion
Algeria
U.S. Economic aid – $11.20 million
U.S. Military aid – $0.90 million
Jordan
U.S. Economic aid – $578.20 million
U.S. Military aid – $238.10 million
Yemen
U.S. Economic aid – $171.10 million
U.S. Military aid – $3.80 million
Morocco
U.S. Economic aid – $236.20 million
U.S. Military aid – $7.60 million
Sudan
U.S. Economic aid – $1.2 billion
U.S. Military aid – $38.7 million
Iran
U.S. Economic aid – $0.70 million
Tunisia
U.S. Economic aid – $1.90 million
U.S. Military aid – $13.70 million
Sources: The countries themselves, Gallup, U.S. A.I.D. (2009 economic and military assistance), CIA World Factbook, U.S. Census International Data Base
