It might have once, but the amount now pales in significance next to the $12 billion in economic assistance recently rushed to the generals by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. Certainly, the regime would resent withdrawal of this aid, as would most of the Brotherhood’s civilian opponents; but that matters less than the impact on American credibility, in the Middle East and the rest of the world, of not doing so.
维持每年13亿美元的军事援助并没有让美国获得任何左右埃及行为的能力。它或许曾经获得过，但如今埃及将军们从沙特、科威特和阿联酋那里获得了120美元的经济援助，让美国的援助相形见绌。显然，若撤销这一援助，埃及军方将会记仇，大部分穆兄会的平民反对者也是如此；但更大的影响是不这么做会对美国在中东和世界其他地区的信誉构成冲击。