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Without Egypt, Israel will be left with no friends in Mideast
Haaretz.com ^ | 1/30/10 | Aluf Benn

Posted on 01/29/2011 4:32:41 PM PST by antidemoncrat

The fading power of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's government leaves Israel in a state of strategic distress. Without Mubarak, Israel is left with almost no friends in the Middle East; last year, Israel saw its alliance with Turkey collapse.

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TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: egypt; friends; israel
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They don't appear to have any friends in the Western hemisphere either.
1 posted on 01/29/2011 4:32:45 PM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: antidemoncrat

I don’t think Egypt is really Israel’s friend.


2 posted on 01/29/2011 4:34:09 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant

Is it coincidence that this all happened on Obama’s watch? I don’t believe so and further more, it wouldn’t surprise many of us if it comes out that he has been pursuing his anti-Israel policies while “seemingly desiring peace”...


3 posted on 01/29/2011 4:39:01 PM PST by princess leah
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To: antidemoncrat

Don’t forget that in The Revelation of John, in the end, Israel is without friends. Things be happening.


4 posted on 01/29/2011 4:40:03 PM PST by ReverendJames (Only A Painter Or A Liberal Can Change Black To White)
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To: antidemoncrat

Israel never had any friends she could count on, which is a damn shame.

It’s become so evil I would not be surprised if I flew over to Israel to help her defend herself.

This world has gone completely batsh!t.


5 posted on 01/29/2011 4:40:36 PM PST by NoGrayZone (WTF?)
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To: princess leah

I would like to know what contact he’s had with the Egyptian opposition.


6 posted on 01/29/2011 4:40:47 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: antidemoncrat

What would Israel do without Mubarak and Obama on their side?

7 posted on 01/29/2011 4:43:30 PM PST by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: antidemoncrat

Not the important question.

The important one is how many and what type of enemies will Israel have when Cairo falls?

Well, correct me if I’m mistaken on these, Egypt is primarily Sunni, so is Hamas, Hezbolah, Muslim brotherhood, and Syria. Iran is primarily Shiite, so is Jordan, Lebanon, Fatah, and majority Iraq.

How many of them will be Israel’s enemy? My guess...all of them...if the the conditions permit them to get away with it. Another important thing to think about, Israel’s borders with enemies. They will become three, one smaller one and two very long ones. Things do not bode well for our dear friend, Israel. Or us.


8 posted on 01/29/2011 4:45:17 PM PST by papasmurf (sudo apt-get install Lee Atwater)
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To: antidemoncrat

They are not friends. They are countries who both have a strong interest in avoiding an Israeli-Egyptian war. So perhaps “strategic partners” would be a better term.


9 posted on 01/29/2011 4:48:09 PM PST by cookcounty (Knives, Guns, Enemies and Axx-Kicks: The Gentle Political Speech of President Barrimore Soetero.)
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10 posted on 01/29/2011 4:48:35 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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I don’t think Egypt is really Israel’s friend.

You're correct. When the $4 Billion a year stops, we'll all see that. What a horrible time to have PRES__ENT 0bama in charge.

11 posted on 01/29/2011 4:49:22 PM PST by papasmurf (sudo apt-get install Lee Atwater)
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To: antidemoncrat

Israel currently stands alone, without any allies. The United States is no longer an ally of Israel. This has Biblical implications.


12 posted on 01/29/2011 4:50:58 PM PST by Fred Hayek (FUBO! I salute you with the soles of my shoes.)
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To: antidemoncrat
No problem. When I think of Israel, I'm reminded of a great on camera interview conducted during Desert Storm. It was during Thanksgiving. The correspondent was interviewing a squad of young U.S. Marines on the front line, and desperately stretching to spin the story against U.S. involvement in the ME
Correspondent: "Tell me, young man. How does it feel to know your Commander in Chief has placed you and your squad in harms way at this time of year; facing an entire Iraqi armor division; outnumbered 100s to one?"

Young Marine: (eyes widening) "100 to 1!?" (The thought of it has him jumping up and down with excitement. His helmet bouncing around on his head.) "SIR! THEY DON'T STAND A CHANCE, SIR!"

Correspondent: (Drops his microphone, and mutters) "That's it. I give up."
13 posted on 01/29/2011 4:52:44 PM PST by PowderMonkey (WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
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To: NoGrayZone
In 1973 they could count on Nixon, described by then Prime Minister Golda Meir as "my President". I remember working in a warehouse on a part time job while in college when the news came over the radio that Nixon had raised DefCon as a warning to the Soviets to keep their noses (and troops) the f*** out.

Later on, in the early 80's, when I was in Amman I met a Palestinian who had served in the Egyptian Army in the Suez. He said the Egyptian troops could see US cargo planes in the distance flying into Israeli airfields just behind the lines dropping off supplies, one after the other in what seemed to be an endless stream of planes.

But now? GW Bush may have been the last unless we elect someone like Palin.

14 posted on 01/29/2011 4:54:29 PM PST by katana
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To: Brilliant

Really. Egypt was a friend? A better description would be non-belligerent.


15 posted on 01/29/2011 4:56:37 PM PST by glorgau
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To: antidemoncrat; All
If you want to hear probably the only true voice on the real enemy behind what is happening in Egypt and it's potential disastrous outcome for us and the world - listen to our new Congressman, Lt. Col Allen WEst on Huckabee coming up on Fox at 8 tonight.
West knows who the real enemy is - and he does NOT mince words. PC be damned.
We need to keep this man's back.
16 posted on 01/29/2011 4:57:02 PM PST by maine-iac7
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I cannot wait until 2012. If this a$$hole tries to suppress our voting in anyway, we'll be the “Egypt” covered around the world.
17 posted on 01/29/2011 4:57:46 PM PST by NoGrayZone (WTF?)
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To: antidemoncrat

Obama sat in an anti-semetic and pro Pali church for over 20 years. This is going his way.


18 posted on 01/29/2011 5:10:26 PM PST by umgud
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To: antidemoncrat

The intelligence services of Israel and Jordan have back-channel lines open and during the Bush admin years there was some interaction there—some of it fairly significant.

I don’t know what goes on nowadays.

The Saudis have also cooperated with Israel from time to time on various matters. None of these nations want any of this stuff made public, though. It’s a domestic political no-no for all of them.


19 posted on 01/29/2011 5:12:07 PM PST by PaleoBob
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To: antidemoncrat

Commie leftist scumbag rag. “Shoud I beleive them? Can anyone help here?’ /SARC!


20 posted on 01/29/2011 5:24:03 PM PST by MrDem (Founder: Democrats for Cheney/Palin 2012)
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