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"until some post-Nasserite forces in Egypt got together and decided to kow-tow to Israel and the US during the Camp David accords" Youre describing the camp da
by throwaway27_35 11y ago
"until some post-Nasserite forces in Egypt got together and decided to kow-tow to Israel and the US during the Camp David accords"
Youre describing the camp david accord as if some jewish cabal took control of the administration of egypt. Egypt simply realized life would be better if it didn't go to war with a formidable enemy every 5 years (that is literally the average from 1948-Yom Kippur War in 1973), and it left the soviet orbit and aligned itself more the US.
>No foreign aid
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-withdraws-offer-of-aid-for-aswan-dam http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-wit...
and it was even offered during your hero Nasser's regime