Israel Sides With Its Loyal Ally in Cairo

Israel Sides With Its Loyal Ally in Cairo
Lawrence Davidson, Truthout: "On Tuesday, February 1, I watched Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give a talk about the ongoing events in Egypt. In essence, he said that if the demonstrations against the 30-year-old dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak succeeded, the world would get an Iranian-style regime in Egypt and that would be the end of democracy... Yesterday, Wednesday, February 2, we saw what our great Egyptian ally was capable of. The Egyptian army had promised that they would not shoot at the protestors - but, alas, there was a loophole. They never said they would not facilitate the arrival of thousands of thugs who would, well, not exactly shoot the demonstrators... By tomorrow, if Mubarak emerges victorious from the fray, there should be joy in Jerusalem."
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