(Reuters) - Demonstrators attacked the U.S. embassies in Yemen and Egypt on Thursday in protest at a film they consider blasphemous to Islam and American warships headed to Libya after the death of the U.S. ambassador there in related violence earlier in the week.
"King said the U.S. should suspend aid to Egypt until Morsi makes "absolutely clear" he is condemning the demonstrations and taking "forceful action" to protect the U.S. Embassy.
Obama, in an interview with Spanish-language network Telemundo, pushed back on the idea of suspending aid, saying the U.S. "doesn't have an option of withdrawing from the world."
On Egypt, he said pointedly: "I don't think that we would consider them an ally, but we do not consider them an enemy."
King countered: "If he's not an ally, why do we continue to give him billions of dollars in aid?" - Fox News
"The Middle East (with Iran, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia the biggest buyers) is the second- or third-largest global rice import market." - USDA
"MENA (Middle East North Africa) countries are being affected by the global food crisis because they are large net food importers and have to rely on imports to meet about 50% of their food needs." 2008 World Bank
They can't produce enough food to feed themselves but one thing they've got in spades is sand.
"In arid northern China, for example, dunes are advancing on some villages at a rate of 20 meters per year. Parts of Africa and the Middle East are likewise threatened." - NASA
Pay more to the countries willing to export to your region or starve assholes... makes no difference to me as I am sick of your shit.
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