Posted on 04/06/2009 10:09:18 PM PDT by Shellybenoit
The NY Times covers the thirtieth anniversary of Egypt-Israel peace treaty with an article which goes on and on in saying that Egyptians feel they didn't get anything out of the treaty because they still live under a dictatorship.
No mention of billions in U.S. aid as a result. That is truly amazing. The treaty brought Egypt more than $60 billion but that isn't worth mentioning.
No mention of how Egypt has not lived up to the normalization aspects--discouraging tourism and trade, for example; or continuing to demonize Israel.
No mention of how Egypt didn't contribute very much to the peace efforts of the 1990s.
No mention of the lack of connection between the treaty and the internal governance of Egypt.
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As they say in the oil fields, just another billion dollar dry hole paid for by American taxpayers....
Egyptians feel they didn't get anything out of the treaty because they still live under a dictatorshipYeah, y'know, because that is Israel's fault. Ridiculous. Egypt has elections, but is a dictatorship in all but name, with a consistent return to power by the same dominant political party. The Islamicists assassinated the duly elected leader, Sadat, and still refer to him disparagingly as "pharaoh".
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