to do with it. I wouldn't be surprised if Egypt is trying to get Israel to actually invite Egypt to exert more control as the good guys suppressing terrorists. Egypt hopes to have their own territory violated by Israel is such a way that the Egyptian gov't can disown the peace treaty. Egypt of course wants to help Gaza but they cannot in real terms. With an American-equipped military, Egypt can do nothing beyond ditching the peace treaty, a thing they dare to do without fear of sanctions by the U.S. However to go beyond that and actually fight in Gaza would mean an end to U.S aid, unless Obama is crazier than I think he is. Egypt's great dream is to have their own army but they have no money to acquire one. Unless China and Russia are ready to do such a crazy thing, Egypt will have to rattle sabers and be happy with the Camp David treaty torn up. America will never let Egypt use that army other than in defense. Those complexities inside complexities with the slippery Egyptians you point out (I'm reminded of that "enigma inside a mystery" or whatever the famous phrase was...) reinforce my thought that we should stand offshore with some sort of a Task Force to help Israel quickly, but cut off our aid hydrant to the Egyptians, and the other Muslim nations; as whatever we feed them will be sooner or later turned against the Israelis or us. Mercurial Muslims....trouble.