Former International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei, who had previously announced his intetions to run for the presidency of Egypt, said Monday that “if Israel attacked Gaza we would declare war against the Zionist regime." Tell me again how fair and balanced this guy was at the UNSC? Also, I'd like to note that I feel this guy is about as disconnected from reality as a president in another country seemed to be when he was running for election only a few long years ago. Be careful of him. Reality for him takes a whole different meaning.
In an interview with the Al-Watan newspaper he said: "In case of any future Israeli attack on Gaza - as the next president of Egypt – I will open the Rafah border crossing and will consider different ways to implement the joint Arab defense agreement."
Tell me again what we've done to prevent future occurances of this kind of thing? Such as having Libya in charge of human rights there?
He also stated that "Israel controls Palestinian soil" adding that that "there has been no tangible breakthrough in reconciliation process because of the imbalance of power in the region - a situation that creates a kind of one way peace."
Uh, that's Israeli soil, bub. Take it up with the UN.
Discussing his agenda for Egypt, ElBaradei said that distribution of income between the different classes in Egypt would be his most important priority if he were to win the upcoming elections.
Heh. It's been tried in other countries and failed.
ELBaradei's main competition is Arab League Secretary General and former Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa. Last month he discussed Egypt's relationship with Israel. "During my term in office the foreign ministry was subject to unfavorable policies from Israel with regards to the peace agreement," Said Moussa who served as foreign minister 1991-2001," he said.
First let's talk about the "Palestinians". How favorable have they been to a peace agreement?
"We thought the peace process was like a waterwheel – endlessly turning around and around without reaching a defined point. My opinion was that we needed to be honest with the Israelis, taking determined measures within the framework of the foreign ministry's operations. Maybe this led to a lack of agreement on all Israel related issues."
Judging by the "Palestinian" actions, they've been very forthcoming in communicating their opinion.