Egypt seeking weapons that would undermine Camp David treaty
Cairo is seeking air-defense systems such as the advanced S-300 that Syria and Iran have sought, MiG fighter jets, and Kornet antitank weapons, which could cause Israel worry, according to a Washington Institute for Near East Policy report.
Despite the fact that Egypt has maintained the peace deal with Israel since 1979, a transfer of such advanced weapons “would degrade Israel’s qualitative military edge,” said the report, titled “Egypt’s arms deal with Russia: Potential Strategic Costs,” by David Schenker and Eric Trager.
“To be sure, the strategic cooperation and level of trust between Israel and Egypt, particularly on Sinai, has never been better. But changing the status quo could undermine that trust and perhaps even the Camp David peace treaty,” it said.
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“Egypt’s priorities right now should be all about counterterrorism operations, both in the Sinai and the Nile Valley,” Schenker added. “Russian helicopters fit the bill, though S-300s and sea-to-land missiles obviously do not.”And guess how much influence the United States has in Egypt right now? Yes, zero....
Egyptians see the US as an unreliable ally, stated the report, which led Egyptian army chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi “to seek Moscow’s help in diversifying the country’s sources of military procurement.”What could go wrong?
Labels: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Barack Hussein Obama, Egypt, Egyptian army, Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, Russia, Russian weapons
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 5:36 PM
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So, maybe in order to keep the Camp David Treaty intact, Israel and Israelis could (at least) withhold the support for the Commie Democrats, whom apparently 80% of our Jewish Enterprise are glommed onto and permanently hardwired to. That would mean withholding campaign photo-ops and endorsement-appearing Green $lu$h acceptance. Maybe tell them to transfer the Green $lu$h back into the missile defense programs that the Democrats are axing. I heard Obama's new budget has $$BBillions of New $timulu$ $lu$h, which, no doubt, will make their way to Incompetent $u$tainable "Energy" hand outs, Same advice for Israel and for, oh say, Taiwan, South Korea, etc: Just say NO to these destructive Democrats and their bulging pockets of stolen $lu$h.
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