The Egyptian military coup staged by General Al-Sisi on July 3, 2013 presented the US government with a dilemma as to whether it should continue to support the regime or cut off ties with Egypt. The country has been a long-term ally of the United States and a major recipient of U.S. military and economic aid. However, after General Al-Sisi's coup, the military regime has often violated human rights and fundamental freedoms, especially of citizens considered sympathetic to the previous regime of President Mohammed Morsi. Despite widespread human rights violations, the US government and Congress continued to support the military regime by providing aid to the country. The rationale behind continued support for the Egyptian government is to advance US interests as outlined in its foreign policy agenda. This discussion explores issues surrounding General Sisi's military coup and highlights why the U.S. government has continued to support the Egyptian military despite allegations of widespread human rights abuses. The Egyptian military coup took place on July 3, 2013. Before that, Egypt was under the leadership of Mohammed Morsi of the Freedom and Justice Party. Morsi was the first freely democratic elected president in Egypt's history. Immediately after staging the coup, military leaders suspended the constitution and approved Adly Mansour as interim president. Although observers clearly pointed out that the military's action constituted a coup, the US government was reluctant to call it a coup. According to Reuters (para. 6), a US congressional delegation paid a visit to Egypt in January 2014, where it concluded that the country was at the center of the ttah al-Sisi card sparked mixed reactions from different stakeholders, including the United States government. Although US law prohibits the government from continuing to support countries that have suffered military coups, this was not the case in Egypt. The United States has continued to extend military and economic aid to Egypt, recognizing that cutting such support would undermine U.S. strategic interests. Some reasons why the United States continues to support military leaders in Egypt include greater peace and stability in the Middle East, as well as other strategic interests derived from issues such as transit rights in the Suez Canal. However, the near future will demonstrate the ineffectiveness of opposing the free will of the Egyptian people. The election of a new democratic state should be respected regardless of the interests of other nations.