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Africa North
Egyptian Candidate for Prez says Egypt will be at war with Israel, US, etc.
2012-02-22
From a MEMRI recording of an interview on Egyptian TV

The person being interviewed is Tawfiq Okasha who is a television talk show personality. He is a proponent of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion and sometimes a denier of the holocaust (although sometimes he says the holocaust happened and Hitler should be praised and sometimes he says the holocaust partiallly happened but Hitler didn't go far enough).

below are some typical quotes from the interview

" Israel, and the European Union are planning to destroy three institutions in Egypt with exceptional malice: the Egyptian general intelligence agency, the Egyptian armed forces, and the Egyptian military intelligence"

"This is a fierce and bitter battle, which began without any shooting, but will end with shooting. I say this here and now. The Egyptian army will open fire on the armies of the enemies. While you are talking to me right now, the battle with tanks, cannons, and airplanes is near."
Unfortunately for his enthusiasm, history demonstrates that battles between these two combatants always end quickly in a rout, with the southern party leaving everything behind down to their sandals in an attempt to reach the apparent safety of Cairo more quickly. And it is quite possible this time Egypt will lose the Sinai permanently, along with the American billions for breaking the peace treaty.
There is a dam at Aswan...
Posted by:lord garth

#11  You see quite a few Egyptians denouncing, but never in English. Within several months you will see other Egyptians on television announcing that their country is open for tourist visits again - in English. I can't imagine that there will be many takers. Then there will be outrage and CAIR will call us all bigots. Finally we will send them a bunch of aid.
Posted by: Super Hose   2012-02-22 20:20  

#10  China in exchange for US tech that Israel knows about.
Posted by: Water Modem   2012-02-22 15:54  

#9  The French? Mais oui. If the price is right.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-02-22 15:11  

#8   But then, with Obama in office, who would resupply the Israelis?

The French?
Posted by: SteveS   2012-02-22 14:08  

#7  And I suppose the first wave would consist of units not entirely excited about the new gov/mb?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2012-02-22 13:41  

#6  If you read some of the history of the 1973 war it seems that the outcome was in doubt as the Egyptians and Syrians fought much harder than anyone expected. It was Nixon's decision to resupply the Israelis that saved the day. Of course, the Soviets were resupplying the Egyptians and Syrians as well. With Syria in disarray it would seem the Egyptians would be on their own in a new conflict and who would resupply them this time? But then, with Obama in office, who would resupply the Israelis? If they don't have enough conventional weapons stockpiled Cairo could end up getting glassed over.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-02-22 11:57  

#5  Blowhards like this are always in favor of other people putting their rear ends on the line for "the cause". Such scoundrels always think of the military as cannon fodder.

He has no idea that the Egyptian military trained with the US military for years, and would gleefully slaughter *his* kind long before they would entertain any notions about getting pulverized by the US. Which we firmly conditioned them to be aware of.

This is called "enlightened self interest".
Posted by: Anonymoose   2012-02-22 11:36  

#4  Am I the only one that thinks "Egyptian Intelligence" in any construct constitutes an oxymoron?

Hope the lib/progressive wing of the world is happy with what they have wrought.
Posted by: AlanC   2012-02-22 09:44  

#3  Aswan - a prime grade A target.

Posted by: Water Modem   2012-02-22 08:39  

#2  My personal prediction is that the kinetics when they come, will be quite short and very calamatous. Too much riding on this one to risk a prolonged engagement or defeat. We'll kikely see the term "downwind drift" used rather frequently in the news.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-02-22 07:49  

#1  We're at war now. Too bad some Israelis, and most Americans, don't understand this.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-02-22 01:38  

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