Egypt can't feed its people

NY Times:

Short of Money, Egypt Sees Crisis in Fuel and Food


The cash shortage is raising questions about Egypt’s ability to keep importing wheat that is essential to the food supply, stirring fears of an economic catastrophe.
The Muslim Brotherhood and the Salafist in Egypt have ruined the tourist trade that used to sustain the Egyptian economy.  They have also cut off oil that was being sold to Israel and Jordan with attacks on the pipelines to carried the oil.   Political support for US aid has evaporated with the rise of the Islamist.  Egypt is on the verge of going from political riots to food riots because of the incompetence of Muslim Brotherhood rule.

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