been helpful strategic points. and now the challenge with instability in egypt. you have an unsecured southern flank and a whole new equation for the israelis. we spoke with the general last night and he was highlighting the risk, not only egyptian attack over time as they come under the muslim brotherhood, but more near term. we have an unsecured flank, which is right on the edge of the gaza strip, you ll recall and provides a line of communication for terrorists and support gaza and the missiles that come to israel over time that we know about and then secondly, it s an ungoverned territory and allows for sanctuary for terrorists, it allows for lines of communication, bad guys. now, what we want to do is secure that southern flank between and the egyptians, because of of this good relationship with israel, have agreed to put 800 troops on the border temporarily to stabilize that border on the southern flank of israel.
been helpful strategic points. and now the challenge with instability in egypt. you have an unsecured southern flank and a whole new equation for the israelis. we spoke with the general last night and he was highlighting the risk, not only egyptian attack over time as they come under the muslim brotherhood, but more near term. we have an unsecured flank, which is right on the edge of the gaza strip, you ll recall and provides a line of communication for terrorists and support gaza and the missiles that come to israel over time that we know about and then secondly, it s an ungoverned territory and allows for sanctuary for terrorists, it allows for lines of communication, bad guys. now, what we want to do is secure that southern flank between and the egyptians, because of of this good relationship with israel, have agreed to put 800 troops on the border temporarily to stabilize that border on the southern flank of israel.
been helpful strategic points. and now the challenge with instability in egypt. you have an unsecured southern flank and a whole new equation for the israelis. we spoke with the general last night and he was highlighting the risk, not only egyptian attack over time as they come under the muslim brotherhood, but more near term. we have an unsecured flank, which is right on the edge of the gaza strip, you ll recall and provides a line of communication for terrorists and support gaza and the missiles that come to israel over time that we know about and then secondly, it s an ungoverned territory and allows for sanctuary for terrorists, it allows for lines of communication, bad guys. now, what we want to do is secure that southern flank between and the egyptians, because of of this good relationship with israel, have agreed to put 800 troops on the border temporarily to stabilize that border on the southern flank of israel. mike: general, we re almost
been helpful strategic points. and now the challenge with instability in egypt. you have an unsecured southern flank and a whole new equation for the israelis. we spoke with the general last night and he was highlighting the risk, not only egyptian attack over time as they come under the muslim brotherhood, but more near term. we have an unsecured flank, which is right on the edge of the gaza strip, you ll recall and provides a line of communication for terrorists and support gaza and the missiles that come to israel over time that we know about and then secondly, it s an ungoverned territory and allows for sanctuary for terrorists, it allows for lines of communication, bad guys. now, what we want to do is secure that southern flank between and the egyptians, because of of this good relationship with israel, have agreed to put 800 troops on the border temporarily to stabilize that border on the southern flank of israel.
instability in egypt, you have an unsecure southern flank. so it s a whole new equation for the israelis. we were in an israeli general last night. he was highlighting that risk. not only the risk of perhaps an egyptian attack over time if they come under muslim brotherhood, but more near term. we have an unsecure flank which is right on the edge of gaza strip you recall. that provides a line of communication for terrorists to support gaza and all the missiles that come into israel over time that we know about. and then secondly, it s an ungoverned territory. it allows for sanctuary for terrorists. it allows for lines of communication of bad guys. now, what we want to do is secure that southern flank again. and the egyptians, because of this good relationship with israel, have agreed to put 800 troops on the border temporarily to stabilize that border on the southern flank of israel. mike: general, we are almost out of time. i have got to ask this question because have you been talki