The schadenfreude is simply delicious: Egypt moved to close Gaza’s smuggling tunnels, using heavy equipment and threats. Of course there are no outraged shouts from the anti-Israel crowd, because this is Egypt closing down Gaza, not Israel. But this is the best part of the whole deal:
In a first sign of tension between Morsy’s government and Hamas, the movement’s deputy leader, Moussa Abu Marzouk wrote on his Facebook page on Monday that closing the Rafah crossing amounted to “collective punishment.”
Ironic, much?
The blow-by-blow (literally) account: The JPost has an extensive article on the terror attack. Read it, and you will see how well-planned and sophisticated this attack was, and how little the jihadis care about their own. They shot the Egyptian soldiers as they were sitting down to their iftar (break-fast) meal. There is also a video, and details about how awful this attack would have been had it been successful. The terrorists were all wearing bomb belts. On that same subject, Ynet reports that the attack took 15 minutes, start to finish. The IDF was that good.
Thanks, Obama! The Iranians are closer to a nuclear bomb than was previously thought. Awesomely awesome.
It’s all simply an excuse the rearm the Sinai. Wait for Egypt to suddenly decide to cross over the border a-la Turkey into Iraq nearly every day.