[GenY Republican]

Nice work Egypt

[bigbob]

I’m just not convinced this is going to end up as nicely as many seem to think.

[AU72]

The Egyptian Army is constrained from entering the Sinai by the Camp David Treaty.

[thescourged1]

Are there US troops on the UN peacekeeper mission this rotation? Hope not.

[rockinqsranch]

“Israel has shared these concerns with its allies, as well as on a personal level between Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen.”

Wondering if the lip service was at least pleasant.

[Errant]

This must be at least one of the things Obama talked about in a phone call tonight to Egyptian Field Marshal Tantawi, defense minister and head of military high council.

[Cicero]

Not good.

[Verginius Rufus]

The implication is that Egypt cannot deploy troops in the Sinai without Israel's permission.

The sentence "additional requests since then have been rejected" is unclear--was Israel requesting that the troops be deployed and Egypt was saying no, or did Egypt want to send in more troops and Israel said no?

It's always been a lawless area--even Moses broke all the ten commandments when he was there.

[pieceofthepuzzle]

I remember the woman who was ululating and handing out sweets after 3000 Americans, including children, died on 9/11. When I hear Obama talk about ‘the people’ this comes to mind. The fact is that we are all people, and some of us want to live and let live, while others want to force themselves and their ideology upon us. Sometimes, for a variety of reasons, the ‘majority’ in specific societies or nations want to hurt or destroy others. When this happens, the ‘will of the people’ is not acceptable. It's certainly not a simple matter, but I think it's very simplistic to think that the will of the people is always consistent with what is moral and what is right.

[agrace]

Yikes ping.

[FreedomPoster]

Israel should never have given up the Sinai after the Yom Kippur War in ‘73.

[jackv]

Gee, no wonder the talking heads have gone quiet...

[Art in Idaho]

This may be off the wall, but why does Saudi and all the other smaller Arab states have a ton of oil and Egypt has none? Just the way it is, or inadequate exploration?

[1010RD]

Why men like Mubarak, Saddam and the Shah must rule the ME.

It isn’t that civilization has passed them by or that racists or Zionists have impoverished them, but that they completely reject civilization and prefer destruction, mayhem and death.

Their god calls for it.

[Carry_Okie]

The Egyptian military has for years encountered difficulty in controlling the Beduin population, which does not hold allegiance to the Egyptian government in Cairo.

The Bedouin were there before there was an Egypt.

[LadyDoc]

I thought the Bedouin hated the Arabs.

[Wuli]

The danger - that Sinai become’s Israel’s new “southern Lebanon” amid internal political uncertainty in Egypt.

[PIF]

Egypt has just sent another 900 troops. It is important to remember this is a demilitarized zone under their Treaty, However, Israel welcomes the Egyptians in this instance.

[bert]

Un mentioned is the number of Bedu. They are very limited in numbers

[Napoleon Solo]

Nothing to worry about...They are still playing Golf in Dubai.