about an immediate abrogation of the treaty, it s too important to the egyptian military who has no interest in returning to the line with powerful defense forces and no interest in severing what has been an extremely valuable relationship, military to military relationship, in the united states, hundreds of egyptian officers and their families have come to study, to train, in this country, and the time, you can in fact imagine, regardless who comes to power in egypt, a government less willing to cooperate with the united states on matters ranging from counterterrorism to iran, and a government not as willing as mubarak was for a u.s. special relationship with israel. so i think there will be a hardening of attitudes. it doesn t have to be, it s
years to american policies not only the largest and most powerful arab state and there cannot be a two front war as he egypt takes itself off the confrontation line. a close ally of the united states since 1979 jimmy carter broke ared the egyptians and he has been at peace with the state of israel and it s fundamentally transformed the strategic advantage to those centrist moderate states, including jordan and shares with israel as well. so instability in egypt, seen on the canal and peace treaty with israel, largest and most powerful arab state. all of those factors fundamentally reshaped the political landscape, if the situation went dramatically stopped. dramatically south, that s the real key. will the transition be relatively smooth? will the military that has a stake in the peace treaty, a stake in the relationship with the united states, continue to play tig role and will a new
about an immediate abrogation of the treaty, it s too important to the egyptian military who has no interest in returning to the line with powerful defense forces and no interest in severing what has been an extremely valuable relationship, military to military relationship, in the united states, hundreds of egyptian officers and their families have come to study, to train, in this country, and the time, you can in fact imagine, regardless who comes to power in egypt, a government less willing to cooperate with the united states on matters ranging from counterterrorism to iran, and a government not as willing as mubarak was for a u.s. special relationship with israel. so i think there will be a hardening of attitudes. it doesn t have to be, it s
whatever obama and others say, it s critical that privately and here i go back to mullen, gates and others, egypt and the united states have a close military to military relationship. the egyptian military has been training in the united states for decades. these guys know each other very well. they are on a first name basis. they are really, really close. so it s terribly important that the message be conveyed to the military that the results, the consequences of not doing the right thing will be catastrophic for the relationship between the united states and egypt and specifically for the military. it would end that close relationship, affect the 1.3 billion dollars in military aid, our bilateralle relations. it s better that this be in public because it is humiliating in public. privately it has to be said. stick around. we ll have more to talk about later in the show and we ll pick up these very themes.
funded us. we own property and have pensions but doesn t suleiman say at a certain point, we go down with his ship unnecessarily. we do better to participate in the resurgence of a country and define our future. that s what i m mystified by. this is where washington can have a role. whatever obama and others say, it s critical that privately and here i go back to mullen, gates and others, egypt and the united states have a close military to military relationship. the egyptian military has been training in the united states for decades. these guys know each other very well. they are on a first name basis. they are really, really close. so it s terribly important that the message be conveyed to the military that the results, the consequences of not doing the right thing will be catastrophic for the relationship between the united states and egypt and specifically for the military. it would end that close relationship, affect the 1.3