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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Cage Rattler who wrote (18184)	12/2/2006 4:52:19 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32591

Re: What do you think was the proximal cause of "Sadat's loss to Israel?" Please explain that assumption? Pr Hassan Nafaa puts it in a nutshell: It might not be fair to cast the full brunt of the blame on Sadat alone for the calamitous consequences of his visit to Israel and his conclusion of a separate peace. Had there not been people far more foolish than he, the Arab world would not have disintegrated to the degree it has and it would have been possible to contain the fallout from Sadat's adventure. However, there can be no doubt that this adventure severely weakened Egypt and the Arab world, giving much greater scope to Israeli pugnacity. Suffice it to say that Israeli settlement construction in the occupied territories increased umpteen-fold since the peace treaty with Egypt and that by signing this treaty Egypt effectively gave the green light to all others outside the conflict to end the boycott against Israel and normalise relations with it. (Excerpted from the Al-Ahram article)