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...fall of the Shah we have been waiting for other Irans to happen (for the other Shah to drop, as it were). There have been a variety of candidates, from Saudi Arabia to Mexico, none of which has panned out. The Great White Hope of the theory was Sadat's Egypt. Here was another autocratic, modernizing, pro-Western leader, arrogantly inattentive to the stirrings of his Muslim countrymen. Indeed Sadat was assassinated. Yet after him, no deluge...
...course, the United States is rightfully wary of Soviet interests in the Middle East. But we believe the Soviet could prove accommodating on the Syrian question. Moscow's support for Assad's regime is in truth an attempt to regain the foothold in the region lost when Sadat kicked the Soviets out of Egypt. If we allow the U.S.S.R. to reenier the negotiating process, they may well cease wasting their resources to fuel the Syrian military and seek simply to have their interests met at the negotiating table...
...Enter Sadat...
...Egyptian white Boeing 707, its red trim glistening under klieg lights, rolled to a stop at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. Israeli army trumpeters blared out a welcoming fanfare. As thousands of Israelis waved their newly purchased red-white-and-black Egyptian flags, out stepped President Anwar Sadat on a "sacred mission"-to speak directly to the people of Israel about peace...
...Sadat was greeted warmly by President Ephraim Katzir and Premier Menachem Begin. "Thank you," said Sadat as he shook hands. Answered Begin: "You are welcome. Thank you for coming to visit us." Never before had the Middle East witnessed such a moment-the first visit ever of an Arab leader to the Jewish state-and Israelis could scarcely believe what they were seeing. Egypt has been an implacable enemy in four wars that have cost thousands of casualties on both sides, yet there was Anwar Sadat standing solemnly at attention as a military band played both the Egyptian national anthem...