Mere Rhetoric: Israeli-Egyptian Peace Not Really Working Out "Peacefully"

You know how we say that Egypt is one disgruntled general away from being the most dangerous country in the world? Yeah:

92 percent of Egyptians see Israel as an enemy nation, over 50 percent view Denmark, US in same light. Only 2 percent call Israel friendly nation despite longstanding peace. It's been 27 years since the Camp David accords were signed, but the vast majority of Egyptians still see Israel as an enemy state. A poll conducted by an Egyptian state institute determined that Israel and Denmark were not only the least poplar foreign countries among the Egyptian public, but that they were also considered enemy nations.

In exchange for 92 percent of Egyptians considering Israel an outright "enemy", the US has been giving Egypt cutting-edge weaponry for well over a generation. And Israel gave up the buffer zone of the Sinai. And Egypt is getting Israeli assent and US cooperation on their fledging nuclear program.

Hey, with over 9 out of every 10 Egyptians committed to the destruction of Israel... you don't think that any of them are involved in the security services that are supposed to be stopping Palestinians from smuggling weapons into Gaza? Maybe - just maybe - this helps to explain how Hamas has built and armed an Hezbollah-like force in Gaza by smuggling in weapons from Egypt.

Previously: Egyptian Women's Magazines Are Ironic, Reuters Gives Advice: Want To Dampen Muslim Extremism? Support People Who Want To Commit Genocide, Mid-East Nuclearization Watch

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