My principle complaint against Egypt has been that they shot at people fleeing a war zone. Darth tried defending it -- mostly as devil's advocate I think.
No intent to derail, but this is related to those in Gaza being at risk to any munition, WP or otherwise. That there is nowhere to run, Egypt having done what they've done, adds to the desperate condition of far too many in the Gaza Strip.
My standing up for Egypt was on a very clear principle: sovereignty, which I respect, and which is a criterion for joining the UN as a member state. I respect the sovereign rights of Egypt, and Egyptians.
How does this apply to Gaza? Somewhat, given the absurdity of their territorial and governmental situation, which is not the same as the sovereign condition of Egypt or of Israel, the only two neighbors of that useless basket case of a suburb of nowhere in particular, inhabited by a bunch of breeding and desperate people with, apparently, nowhere else to go. They are, all desires for a better future considered, currently nothing better than a welfare state, writ large. Sad only begins to describe the condition there.
Read the stats, FireGarden. In the last two generations, average five births per fertile woman.
If you can't feed them, don't breed them.
How the hell do they grow food for 1.5 million in that miniscule garden spot? Gaza is a disaster itching to happen, this short and nasty war aside, a vignette of destruction which only makes matters worse.
How is the Egyptian government required to solve their problem?
By surrendering their sovereign, Egyptian rights?
No.
I'll be a bit of an ass and ask you this:
Why do you hate Egyptians?
DR
I don't care if they're guessing. They can guess as much as they want. That stuff wasn't nerve gas. But apparently you're now refusing to actually acknowledge that.
