Monday, August 19, 2013

What US relations with Egypt is about

I (dis)like that in all the phrasing in Western media about US relations and "security interests" in the Middle East there is a dumb but convoluted attempt to disguise the real core of the relationship, i.e. the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt.  They always list a number of factors only to conclude with the reference to the treaty, as in: the US has many interests in Egypt: security, stability, cotton and cotton candy, Amru Diab, and, oh, there is also the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.  Here is the phrasing of the New York Times:  "a foundation of the American relationship with Egypt for more than three decades and is viewed as critical to the region’s stability, not least as a pillar of the 1979 peace treaty between Egypt and Israel."