Quote from omegapoint:
Was Mubarac our man in Egypt? The answer is in, what was he charging for oil? A sliding scale.
Egypt has no oil. Zero, zilch. However its is the world's biggest importer of wheat. mmmmmm
Egypt simply provided stability and was an Islam free zone that recognised Israel's existence unlike all the other nations around Israel. The problem is if Islam fanatics take over then what ? By the way the Suez Canal accounts only 6% of world oil production. So even if its closed it won't be a disaster as vessels could ship around Africa - yeh it amy take a a couple of weeks more but so what?
In fact the canal was closed for a long time about 8 months when Egypt and Israel exchanged handbags and it no impact on world trade.
Im curiuos why folks from Israel are callled Europeans but look like and live in Arab lands? mmmmm
