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To: SunkenCiv

The big advantage that Egypt has is that its in their backyard. Oherwise NATO equipped and trained Turkey would easily defeat the Egyptian military in all sectors of battle. Also the Egyptian economy could not support a prolonged conflict. However fighting will never occur between Turkey and Egypt.Eventually the EU (especially Germany) and the Saudis will hammer out a deal regarding Libya. The oil will flow and the use of Libya as a disembarction point for African migrants to Europe will cease.


14 posted on 07/21/2020 8:38:46 PM PDT by allendale
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To: allendale
Oh, I agree on both counts -- Egypt can't defeat the Turks alone, and a direct conflict is unlikely. OTOH, Egypt will merely be additional to the local forces, and despite recent shortlived successes, Turkey's overextended. Turkey won't accept partition of Libya (it sez here); if Turkey is willing to sustain the GNA, there won't be a resolution of this for the foreseeable, turning it into a generations-long conflict. Expensive. It will cost Turkey in the long run, increasing its isolation from its neighbors. It'll be cool.

17 posted on 07/21/2020 9:00:43 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: allendale

“Oherwise NATO equipped and trained Turkey would easily defeat the Egyptian military in all sectors of battle.”

We’ve been training Egypt for almost 40 years, and been equipping them for nearly as long.


32 posted on 07/22/2020 8:41:25 AM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (Political Science degrees, so easy Obama has one.)
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