Kind of crazy, isn't it?
But that's why you can't really think about it as "support". We're not giving Pakistan $2.1 billion because we appreciate them harboring al Qaeda. We're not giving Egypt $1.5 billion because we're huge fans of the Muslim Brotherhood.
It's all strategic. In theory, it's way, way, way cheaper to spend $10 billion a year on all of these countries combined and keep them from blowing each other up than it would be to actually have to enter (another) land war to protect our oil interests.
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