NEW YORK
U.S. President Barack Obama's Egypt policy is receiving criticism from across the political spectrum. He is especially being blamed for not taking concrete steps to stop the killings of pro-democracy protestors in Egypt and it is said that he is losing prestige as a result of failure there.
There are expectations that Obama will cancel the controversial $ 1.3 billion funding that is sent to the Egyptian government as a contribution to solving the crisis.
Some specialists spoke with Anadolu Agency about Obama's Egypt policy.
According to Ebrahim Moosa, professor of Religion and Islamic Studies at Duke University in NC, the U.S. could suspend military and other forms of aid to Egypt in the coming days.
Answering the questions of AA, Moosa stated that the Obama administration was in trouble with its moderate policy and added that the Egyptian army's stance didn't leave many choices to the Obama administration.
Joe Stork, deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa division, asked the Obama administration to press Egypt's interim government to investigate the recent killings in the country.
Stork stated that the US could have asked Egypt to invite UN specialists to the country regarding the arrests and the killings.
American industrial designer Karim Rashid also spoke with AA about Obama's stance on Egypt.
He said, "Intervening in other countries' internal affairs is not Obama's duty. U.S., itself, needs a big help. It has high rate of unemployment and poverty."
The Egyptian-origined designer also stressed that trusting only the US to resolve the crisis was not a right choice.
Meanwhile, demonstrations are planned to be held on Friday in New York to protest the killings in Egypt and to call on the Obama administration to cut aid to Egypt's interim government.
The protest is scheduled to start near Turkevi, which serves as the Turkish Cultural Center, and end at Times Square.
