THE SINAI.. WHO'S FUTURE BATTLEFIELD IS IT?
No one should doubt the issue of how important the Sinai is
to both the current government of Egypt
and to Israel .
al-Qaida affiliated groups and the Muslim Brotherhood have
very different goals for the area, and Israel doesn't trust ether of them.
For Israel ,
the issue of the Sinai brings on the problem of deploying additional assets and
resources to support those assets.
That puts them in a position of moving units from one area
to another or calling up reserve units that would not be typically placed on
extended duty.
It may not be Muslim Brotherhood sponsored organizations threading
to attack Israel , although
all Sunni radical groups have their origin with the MB, but that will not stop Israel from blaming Egypt for any action that comes
from the Sinai and the MB knows this.
An uneasy alliance between the two countries militaries, one
that has worked for decades, is now in question given the new government in Egypt .
The Sinai is as dangerous to Egypt
as it is to Israel .
The MB knows if it fails to show the world it can control
events in the Sinai, it has no chance of showing the world they can broker a
true peace deal on the Palestinian statehood issue.
You can hear the critics now, " if Egypt cannot
control events in the Sinai, their own land, then how can they expect to
predict the peace of a Palestinian statehood"?
The issue is this.
Solve your own internal conflicts first before you think you
have the authority or the creditability to solve the problems of
"others".
Yes... the Sinai is a dangerous issue for Egypt .
Sometimes words and speaches simply don't win the day.
A major strike into Israel
from the Sinai and Israel
will solve the Sinai issue as it did in the past.... Occupation.