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2009-08-02 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Egypt blocks Nile water deal - future regional troubles on the horizon?

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Posted by 3dc 2009-08-02 13:12|| || Front Page|| [7 views ] Top

#1 ON a separate note, I've always suspected that one of the primary reasons why the US Govt. hasn't been critical of China's THREE GORGES PROJECT(S) is that it believes dry Third World countries such as AFPAK will need vast amounts of water to terra-form = overhaul their lands and economies, e.g. vee agriculture and hyro-power, espec from the drug trade.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-08-02 20:15|| NA]">[NA] 2009-08-02 20:15|| Front Page Top

#2 I've long wondered why Egypt didn't conquer Libya, all underpopulated and flush with oil with an anti-American dictator in charge. Could have done so with minimal US heat, if not actual US blessing. Same goes with Sudan with their genocidal conflicts and oil.

Instead they fixate on Israel. Egypt is stupid.

Posted by rjschwarz 2009-08-02 21:21|| 2009-08-02 21:21|| Front Page Top

#3 "Egypt is stupid."

In other news, rj, water is wet. ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-08-02 22:19|| 2009-08-02 22:19|| Front Page Top

#4 rjschwarz: I think the Egyptians would be loathe to dirty their bullets by using them on Libyans.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-08-02 22:32|| 2009-08-02 22:32|| Front Page Top

#5 It's one thing for the mighty Egyptian army to lose against against the impossibly mighty Zionist entity... even when it's only kibbutzniks and city-folk defending themselves with a few rifles and Davidkas in 1948. It's quite another to imagine the mighty Egyptian army losing to the northern half of Sudan or Libya's girl guard. Mr. Wife almost had his camera taken from him while in Cairo because he thought of taking a picture of the guard on duty, with duct tape holding together both his footgear and his weapon.

Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife 2009-08-02 23:10|| 2009-08-02 23:10|| Front Page Top

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