When Tyrants and Hatemongers Embrace. By Jonathan S. Tobin. Commentary, February 5, 2013.
Tobin:
The
Egyptians may stop just short of full recognition of Ahmadinejad’s government
in order to keep U.S. taxpayer dollars flowing to Cairo. But the notion that it
is in any conceivable sense an ally is out the window. This incident calls into
question the decision to keep that aid flowing without condition as well as the
continued sale of sophisticated weapons to Egypt that their forces don’t need
for self-defense. The closer Egypt draws to Iran, the more it seems as if the
peace treaty with Egypt, into which both Israelis and Americans are so heavily,
is heading for the scrapheap.
Just as
important in many respects is the symbolism of the embrace of two men who have
done much to help keep the flames of Jew hatred burning hot recently. Morsi and
Ahmadinejad are both on record insulting Jews and Israelis and pledging their
destruction as well as for trying to suppress domestic dissent. Far from an
innocuous event that shouldn’t worry us, when tyrants embrace, decent people
everywhere should tremble.
