Egypt’s importance to U.S. economy

Morris Segall     

Egypt is experiencing a marked increase in anti-Israeli sentiment, both within the government and on the street. The country is allowing an increasing number of weapons to be smuggled into Gaza, which inevitably will be used against Israel. We are also seeing sectarian violence between Christians and Muslims. In short, we are witnessing a rapidly deteriorating situation. Because Egypt was a key U.S. ally, who can we now count on in the Mideast and what will we do if Egypt is taken over by fundamentalists? Unfortunately, we seem not to have any ready solutions.