| #3 They share a common objective - the toppling of the Gulf monarchies. Whereas the Gulf regimes are unlikely to subsidize their own destruction, Iran will certainly be very glad to supply the money, if Egypt will supply the Sunni Arab volunteers, to fund terror attacks against the Gulf states, as well as infiltration and recruitment efforts among Saudi troops and civilian government officials, efforts which would be better received coming from fellow Sunni Arabs like Egyptians. The Japanese and German empires seemed to get on reasonably well during WWII despite mutually exclusive notions of racial supremacy, although geography limited the extent of their cooperation. |