Speak Out

							11/20/96

Letters To the Editor
The Philadelphia Inquirer
P.O. Box 8263
Phil. Pa. l9l0l 
Fax: (215) 854-4483


Dear Sir:

	
	Recently Hosni Mubarak, the president of Egypt has made 
threatening statements toward Israel.  In an interview with the French 
newspaper Liberation, he stated that Egypt would not sit still if war 
broke out between Syria and Israel. Washington staffers say that this 
is a most worrisome statement.

	And well it should be.  Washington has been arming Egypt to the
 teeth in return for a "peace" which it now becomes clear, was only a 
temporary ploy by Egypt to get American weapons.  There were many signs that
the peace treaty made by Egypt was just a ploy including the numerous violations
of the trade agreements that were part of the treaty but these violations 
have been ignored and the United States continues to arm Egypt.

	If this isn't enough to worry our Washington policy makers, 
Iraq is upgrading its diplomatic relations with Egypt to a full 
ambassadorial level for the first time since the Gulf War.  This should 
cause our policy makers enough concern that they rethink the wisdom of
their policies that preserved a substantial amount of the military power 
of Iraq at the end of the Gulf war.  

    It is only a matter of time before Syria Egypt and Iraq attack Israel.
There will be no Arab coalition to help the United States this time and 
once again the United States will be faced with enemies armed with American
weapons.


							Sincerely,



							Mark Feinstein

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