Will Egypt Save Itself From Total Collapse by Going to War With Israel?

Tablet ^ | July 3,2013 | Lee Smith

[Hojczyk]

The Egyptian army has only one card left to play. Western journalists and other true believers in the promise of the Arab Spring may be shocked by the suggestion that Egypt may be headed to war with Israel in the not-too-distant future. But as the country implodes, war has become the easy way out. It doesn’t matter that the Egyptian army doesn’t want another catastrophic contest with Israel—neither did Anwar Sadat 40 years ago when he saved Egypt by going to war with Israel, which in turn helped him acquire the superpower patronage of the United States.

So, here are the facts that Egyptians and Western reporters alike would rather not face: There is simply no way that today’s Egypt can feed its own people, or fuel the tractors that harvest its crops—let alone attract tens of billions of dollars in foreign investment to grow a hi-tech miracle along the banks of the Nile. That’s fantasyland stuff—like the fantasy of an American-style constitutional democracy run by the Muslim Brotherhood and guaranteed by the Egyptian army.

So, what’s left? A short war today—precipitated by a border incident in Sinai, or a missile gone awry in the Gaza Strip, and concluded before the military runs out of the ammunition that Washington will surely not resupply—will reunify the country and earn Egypt money from an international community eager to broker peace. Taking up arms against Israel will also return Egypt to its former place of prominence in an Arab world that is adrift in a sea of blood. But even more important is the fact that there is no other plausible way out: Sacrificing thousands of her sons on the altar of war is the only way to save Mother Egypt from herself.

[elpadre]

No - the Egyptian military owes its existence to the US military - if they go after Israel they will be cutting their own throat.

[Traveler59]

I've had the opportunity to participate in several joint exercises (Bright Star) with the Egyptian military and I've found the NCO and Officers in general agreement that the rest of the Arab world can go screw themselves. The Egyptian military, in my opinion, is motivated by concern for their country. I don't see them willingly going to war with anybody right now, except for Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood.

[Seeing More Clearly Now]

It seems like that sycophant speech of Obama in Egypt in 2008 did not impress the Egyptian people one bit. The only people the faker in chief was able to fool was half the American public.

[SunkenCiv]

This is your basic transparent piece of agitprop a.k.a. BS.

The Islamofascist regime just removed by the army was talking about abrogating the peace treaty and getting Egyptians ready to go to war with Israel for over two years (i.e., before Mubarak was removed).

Thanks Hojczyk.