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...surprisingly, that displeased Anderson's next host, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. But the candidate managed to soothe the Egyptian by playing down his strong support of Israel. Mollified, Sadat warmed to praise from Anderson, who called him "the George Washington of the Middle East...
Since Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's historic peace mission to Jerusalem nearly three years ago, the relationship has blossomed. During the aborted attempt to rescue the American hostages in Iran three months ago, Sadat permitted U.S. C-130 transports as well as rescue troops to use Egypt as a staging area, and he has said he would do so again. As many as a dozen official U.S. delegations pass through Cairo each month, not to mention a steady flow of American politicians, businessmen and tourists. U.S. development aid is pouring into Egypt at the rate of $100 million...
...also concerned about the ability of Egypt's armed forces-considered the best in the Arab world-to cope with the complex U.S. weaponry that will replace the country's aging Soviet guns and tanks. Some U.S. diplomats worry about how the alliance would hold up if Sadat were to be toppled in a coup, or to die without a clearly defined successor...
...Cairo that "Jerusalem is an integral part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and Israel refuses to discuss it." Israeli Minister of Justice Shmuel Tamir tartly responded that "Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and therefore it is not a matter to be negotiated at the autonomy talks." Sadat was reported to have ruled out another meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. Said Sadat: Because of Begin's "wounding personal attack on me," in which the Israeli leader accused the Egyptian President of retreating from the Camp David peace process, "there is no place for another summit meeting...
...truth is, however, that while countries tend to see themselves as individuals, they are not individuals, and the friendships formed among nations have little of the gentleness and magnanimity, and even the common sense, that we associate with the best of friends. That is what made Sadat's and Canada's behavior so noticeable. The reason that Shakespeare had Mark Antony address his audience as "friends" before "Romans" and "countrymen" is that he knew how the heart leaps up at the smallest signs of brotherhood. Feeling more alone in the world than ever, we also leap at those...