To: xzins
I can't tell whether Egypt is really in support of Israel against Iran, or if Egypt is enticing two enemies to fight each other.
Maybe both.
7 posted on
04/15/2015 6:14:54 AM PDT by
BitWielder1
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To: BitWielder1
That might be. It doesn’t change the fact that Israel is looking at Iran getting an extremely sophisticated anti-air missile system from Russia in the very near future.
8 posted on
04/15/2015 6:18:24 AM PDT by
xzins
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To: BitWielder1
“I can’t tell whether Egypt is really in support of Israel against Iran, or if Egypt is enticing two enemies to fight each other.
Maybe both.”
Most Egyptians don’t like Israel, but they have come to accept its existence and have had generally decent relations since the peace agreement. But Iran is a different story. The vast majority of Egyptians loath Iran because they are seen as the principal champion of Islamic heresy in the form of the Shia branch. Hatred for Iran runs deep in the Sunni world.
15 posted on
04/15/2015 6:56:37 AM PDT by
NRx
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To: BitWielder1
Egypt likes having an Israel that is stuck with the “Palestinian problem” like a tar baby; it saves them the trouble.
18 posted on
04/15/2015 7:21:17 AM PDT by
chajin
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