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Israel and Egypt both being top recipients of US aid is part of the peace arrangement. Egypt is by far Israel's strongest neighbor, militarily. No coalition of
by handrous 5y ago
Israel and Egypt both being top recipients of US aid is part of the peace arrangement. Egypt is by far Israel's strongest neighbor, militarily. No coalition of neighboring states has any chance defeating Israel without them, so the US pays Egypt not to mess around with Israel.
- GhettoComputers 5y agoEgypt was defeated by Israel who had no intention of keeping their land, and they have had a better relationship than most other countries in that region for a long time.
- handrous 5y agoOK? The US aid arrangement is also part of the whole thing, though. [EDIT] Oh damn, when did Jordan rocket up the list of US aid recipients? I gotta start keeping up with geopolitical shenanigans again, I'm clearly behind the times. But yes, the Egypt thing was, if not publicly the case, one of those open-secret things that're taken for granted in poli-sci and policy circles, like "Israel has nukes", or "the US removing MRBMs from Turkey was part of the deal for keeping Soviet nukes out of Cuba". The US pays Egypt not to mess with Israel.
- GhettoComputers 5y agoIt’s as useful as the money they used in Afghanistan. This isn’t the 70s anymore. Egypt isn’t incentivized to battle Israel, and Israel isn’t incapable of defending itself.
- handrous 5y agoIt wasn't incapable then, either. Clearly. But this takes some of the heat off them, and discourages Egypt from permitting—or encouraging—non-conventional anti-israel forces within its borders, or abroad, even as its domestic politics shift (no-one wants to shut off the money hose).
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