The result was equivocation and delay, rather than commitment and assistance. The IMF has talked with the Egyptian government for two and a half years since Mubarak’s overthrow without so much as lending a single cent, sealing the Egyptian economy’s fate and contributing to public unrest and the recent coup.
在这方面，不厚道的西方——一边大谈民主，一边唯恐对伊斯兰教避之不及——摊了牌。西方虚与委蛇，极尽拖延，迟迟不给出承诺和援助。在穆巴拉克倒台后的两年半时间里，IMF一直在与埃及政府扯皮，却不发放一分钱的贷款，这不啻扼杀埃及的经济前途，助长了埃及的社会动荡，催生了最近的政变。