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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I have been to Egypt several times since 1978, most recently in 2006.
Regardless of what their Goebbels-inspired media might say, there is a fair amount of resentment among average Egyptians toward the Arab states who incited war with Israel, then left Egypt to bear the brunt of the fighting.
Every impovershed village has a little marker with the names of local boys who were conscripted into the army and went off to fight the Israelis, never to return.

When the Camp David accords were signed in 1978, the Muslim world rose up as one to denounce Sadat and condemn Egypt. Saudi Arabia (which never bothered to take part in the fighting with Israel) was especially belligerent. This led Cairo comedians to quip that “The Saudis are determined all right, they’re willing to fight to the last Egyptian.”


13 posted on 01/01/2009 10:33:18 AM PST by atomic conspiracy (Victory in Iraq: Worst defeat for activist media since Goebbels shot himself.)
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To: atomic conspiracy

There was a joke during the Persian Gulf War about the Saudis and Kuwaitis favorite song: Onward Christian Soldiers.


15 posted on 01/01/2009 10:54:05 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (Barack Obama: In Error and arrogant -- he's errogant!)
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