If you begin by rejecting the idea that an Arab country –
especially Egypt – has adopted one set of policies or another because it fears
someone or something, you'll read the articles based on that idea differently
from the ignorant lies that the writers try sometimes to throw at you.
In fact, the article that came under the title: “What an
Egyptian-Iranian thaw would mean for U.S. foreign policy in the region,” uses
the word “fear” five times to describe Egypt's foreign policy. Consequently,
you should do more than take this thing with a grain of salt; you should
dismiss it as a basket of lies meant to exploit you. The article was written by
Haisam Hassanein and Wesam Hassanein of the Washington Institute for Near East
Policy, and published on March 4, 2017 on the Hill website.
The Hassanein brothers did not research the subject from the
normal sort of angle before writing the article. Rather, they plunged into the
cesspool that was cultivated by the organization to which they belong, and came
out with a basket of false stereotypes. They strung those things together,
making their work sound like it is fresh, authentic and in line with current
events.
Had the two writers read history, or had they been old
enough to remember it, they would have recalled the following Arabic words:
“nussallem mann yusallemuna, wa nu'adee mann yu'adeena,” They made up Gamal
Abdel Nasser's favorite sentence because they meant this: we treat with
gentleness they who treat us gently, and treat with adversity they who treat us
adversely. With the exception of Morsi who was of the Brotherhood and the enemy
of Nasser, everyone that governed Egypt
has adopted Nasser 's philosophy – especially
the country's newest President, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
These were the principles upon which Egypt – together with India
and Yugoslavia
– became a founding father of the Non-Aligned Movement. And they remain the
principles that most Egyptians return to, time after time. Furthermore, Egypt does not
sit back and wait for those who would come and treat it gently or adversely. It
constantly goes out in search of potential partners with whom to forge a
peaceful co-existence; with whom to develop lofty sort of values and live by
them.
If you, my friend, keep that in mind as you read the article
of the two Hassaneins, you'll realize that the aim of the Washington Institute
for Near East Policy is to distort reality to such an extent that the Trump
administration – which considers Egypt an ally – will botch that
relationship and sour it, unaware of what it is doing. That would serve the
interests of Israel ,
of course, because it is the sort of thing that the Jewish leaders have been
working on for half a century, and succeeding more often than not.
This time, the writers were so inattentive however they gave
themselves away trying to drive the wedge between Egypt and the Trump administration.
They began the article by explaining what Trump was trying to accomplish in the
Middle East . But then, Egypt reversed
its policy, they say, because of three illegitimate reasons that have to do
with current events, one of which is fear. But then, right after that, the
writers blew their theory by admitting that long before the current events
“Egyptian-Iranian relations in the last six decades have gone through phases”.
The brothers describe several of the phases, and the reasons
why they came to be. They are, in fact, normal sort of reasons that have
nothing to do with fear. To wit, one reason they cite is this: “Arab
nationalistic ideas influence large sectors of the Egyptian intellectuals, who
have a favorable view of Iran
as an old civilization with an ancient history”.
Another favorite of the Jewish organizations is to speak of Egypt 's “bleak financial situation,” and use
that to explain why Egypt
made one choice instead of another. Our two writers do so in their article, but
then describe situations that refute their theory. For example, they say that Egypt lost the stream of cash and oil it used to
get from Saudi Arabia , which
is why it counts on Iran
to replace the Saudis. But nothing has come from Iran , and nothing is in the offing.
Meanwhile, Egypt has
negotiated an oil deal with Iraq
(not Iran ),
and has had big discoveries of its own that will make it self-sufficient before
the end of the year. The Hassanein brothers mention none of this.
They go further and kill their own theory with this: “Egypt understands that a complete alignment with
Iran
means tremendous financial loss.” And so they urge Trump to “contain the dispute
between Egypt and Saudi Arabia ” while helping Egypt
financially.
And that's their bottom line. It is a development that the
Jewish leaders have been working on for some time now. They want America to form a new alliance comprising Sunni
states that will stand up to Shia Iran . And where America leads
an organization, they see the Jews taking control of it.