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Is the U.S. Subsidizing Murder in Egypt?

How culpable is the U.S.? Should aid be cut off?
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U.S. aid to Egypt amounts to about $1.3 billion a year, ostensibly to support “a transition back to democracy.” This week we have seen the Egyptian government kill its own people. 

So how culpable is the U.S.? Should aid be cut off?

What do you think?

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