U.S. President Jimmy Carter brokered the 1978 peace talks between Israel and Egypt when Hosni Mubarak was President Anwar Sadat's vice president. (To sweeten the deal, Carter threw in generous U.S. military support to Egypt, setting the terms of the largely military-driven relationship between the two countries that has continued throughout Mubarak's rule.) Those talks resulted in the 1979 treaty between Egypt and Israel. And while Carter told a reporter on Jan. 30 that he felt he knew "Mubarak quite well," the former U.S. president also said that the Egyptian president had become "more politically corrupt" than he was during their Camp David days. "The United States wants Mubarak to stay in power," Carter commented, "but the people have decided."
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YASINERDOGMUS
9:36 AM ET
February 2, 2011
what a big mouth
what a big mouth
ASGOLD25
10:10 AM ET
February 2, 2011
Fact check please
From the first photo, "The 1979 treaty the two countries signed as a result of those talks is to this day the only treaty that any Arab country has ever inked with Israel."
Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty in 1994. Last time I checked, Jordan is an Arab country.
Considering how much this region is covered not just on FP, but in the mainstream media as a whole, one would expect such a blatant error wouldn't find its way in here.
P.J. AROON
11:40 AM ET
February 2, 2011
Corrected
We've deleted the incorrect sentence. FP regrets the error.
--FP copy chief
ABURAIHI
5:28 AM ET
February 3, 2011
western hypocrisy.
You needed them and protected them. When you feel that you don't want or need them any more, you will kick their asses easily. This is the end of your allies. Hosni Mubarak is another copy of Shah of Iran.
CASSANDRAAA
7:26 PM ET
February 3, 2011
I like the one where Mubarak
I like the one where Mubarak is gripping the podium and laughing at George Bush the best.