The United States has had a long, dishonorable history of supporting a series of “friendly dictators” in Egypt. It dates from the late 1970s, when Anwar el-Sadat broke with the pro-Soviet, anti-Western orientation that his predecessor, Gamal Abdel Nasser established in the 1950s. Sadat’s decision to sign the Camp David peace accord with Israel cemented … Continue reading “Time to Jettison Washington’s Repressive Egyptian Client”
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