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Pattonias said:Now if they try and run the blockade; that would be an act of war.
Egypt will not likely let Iran pass through the Suez Canal. I think Iran is just ruffling feathers.
Pattonias said:Now if they try and run the blockade; that would be an act of war.
Greg Bernhardt said:Egypt will not likely let Iran pass through the Suez Canal. I think Iran is just ruffling feathers.
Pattonias said:Good point, I had forgotten that Egypt was also involved.
TubbaBlubba said:Speaking of "arabs", at least from my travels in Egypt a good few years ago, Egypts frequently deny identification with "arabs", but rather identify themselves as... Egyptians.
But that's an irrelevant side note.
What I wonder is, do they blockade Gaza out of "fear" for Hamas or because they don't want to screw with Israel? I don't think it's very easy to get a good account on this, but...
Pattonias said:I don't think it is fear, but they want to maintain their image as a stable nation. Weapons were being smuggled through their borders and they put a stop to it.