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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

A Not At All Deep Thought

It occurs to me that when Mubarak falls in Egypt, this will put pressure on Israel to finally stop acting like bullies towards Palestinians.  Israel has little to fear from Jordan or Syria, but Egypt could seriously mess up their day militarily.  They would almost certainly win in the end, but Israel hasn't really engaged in full scale war in 25 years.  This has allowed them a certain casual cockiness towards efforts to mediate the Gaza and West Bank situation.

Let's see how arrogantly Bibi dismisses the international community when he might actually need support from someone.

2 comments:

Virgil Caine said...

Great, then Egypt can go to war using the weapons we gave them and Israel will have to defend itself using the weapons we gave them.

The real question is who can turn this into a reality tv series? Some good might as well come of it.

Hawes said...

So, you're saying this will create American jobs! I think CNN is already trying to get the TV rights. They haven't been able to use the term "embedded" in a few years and they miss it.