When the Barack Obama administration announced a "modest and temporary freeze on military assistance to Egypt," according to The New York Times, this prompted Sen. Patrick Leahy, chairman of the subcommittee that appropriates aid to Egypt, to say "the message is muddled."
The term “muddled” is a valid description, because the US administration has not clearly understood or wanted to understand the transformative nature of events that took place on June 30. It is not because of a deficiency of knowledge, but an eagerness to avoid.
