Several new stories out of the Middle East were of interest
today, but the issue of the tunnels from Egypt
into Gaza , in
my opinion, is the real news story.
As I talked about last week, Egyptian support toward the
tunnel operations controlled by Hamas has become more than just an interesting
exploit.
Once we get past the announcement by the Egyptian government
to "destroy", who knows what that really means, the tunnels leading
in the Gaza from Egypt , the real question becomes
why?
Why, was the question when we spoke of this topic last week;
why did Egypt apparently
change his mind toward supporting some of the Hamas operations into Gaza ?
The theory that two-way flow of weapons leading to the
hostile actions in the Sinai, in my opinion, really doesn't hold water.
Weapons going into the Sinai into the hands of Islamic
fundamentalist organizations that oppose even the current government Egypt are flowing from Africa not backwards back
out of Gaza .
The concept that a chosen few of Hamas tunnel controllers
were being targeted by the Egyptian government had some validity.
But, with Egyptian announcement of the pending destruction
of all the tunnels, again I doubt that will really happen, it's become apparent
whatever the issue was aggravating Egyptians has gotten worse.
But, let's assume for a minute the Egyptians really do begin
a campaign of destroying the tunnels in Gaza .
What does this mean Hamas and what does it mean to the
people of Gaza ?
Logistically it will quickly become a nightmare for the
people of Gaza
unless of course the Egyptians open the above ground roadways.
It doesn't seem possible the Egyptian government would
knowingly punish the population of the Gaza Strip by limiting such support
operations is the tunnels provide regardless of the weapons movement, unless of
course Egyptians intended to subsidize commerce in another manner.
One thing is for sure, Hamas leaders the control tunnel
operations in the Gaza
was simply be furious with this announcement from the Egyptian government.
So, what's the message here Western Mark
Is Mr. Morsi sending a message to Hamas over his aggravation
with the lack of effort towards the unification
process with Fatah?
Is Mr. Morsi punishing Hamas?
Does this imply that Mr. Morsi holds Mr. Abbas and higher
standing?
There's an old saying United
States from the state of Missouri ; "I'm from the show me state"!
When I see the Egyptian military actively destroying the
tunnels leading in the Gaza, all of them not just selected ones that belonged
Hamas members were "bucking the system", that I will truly believe
that Egypt\Mr.Morsi is making life painful for Hamas.
Now, before we begin to believe such actions out of the
Egyptian government, we need to consider the actions of the Egyptian military
and their lack of "guidance" from Mr. Morsi.
Simply put, who sinned the message here Egyptian government
with Egyptian military?
If the destruction really does begin to take place, but my
bet is on the Egyptian military.
If the destruction is limited or somehow negotiated, in my
opinion would be Mr.Morsi is once again playing games in the world of
international politics.
If this is true, I'm not sure Mr. Morsi as the time and the
energy to be so involved with Hamas movement given the instability inside of
his own country.
Where the Egyptians up to?
Is it Mr. Morsi or is it Egyptian military?
Let's just watch for a few days and make up our mind then
expiration point
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2013/02/201322619219970812.html
