I am not sure if you are saying Libya and Sudan are
not failed states. If so, we just have a difference of opinion. No big deal as there is no universal definition of what constitutes a failed state. My argument was that, with two failed states on two borders and peace treaty with Israel, Egypt has
no need to have an aggressive defense posture and hence may reasonably be expected to be
not prepared for a war.
Talking of GDP:
Per Capita GDP:
Egypt is worse than civil war plagued Libya.
I agree, there's absolutely no need for war and if you're getting the impression that they're posturing for that, it couldn't be further from the truth. Egypt is actually doing the opposite, trying to avoid war but it can't just cower. It has to take some sort of stand to show it can and will defend itself.
But you were making the point that Libya & Egypt are even more broken than Egypt, yes? That means you're implying that Egypt is in fact broken as well. My point was that it's not even close. Egypt is hardly a "broken" country. It's certainly struggling because of the worldwide recession and excess poverty (which BTW has been a huge part of the budget to fix) but by that same token, is India broken due to its poverty? Not even close.
And when you look at GDPs, you have to take into account population size. Libya @ 7 million while Egypt @ 105 million and even so, as a 'country', which is what you were assessing as "broken" you need to look at the combined forms of GDP. By looking only at GDP per capita, the same could be said about Luxemburg ranked 1st compared to the US at 9th overall. Does that mean the US is more "broken" than Luxemburg?
Their goal isn't erasing Hamas, it is transfer.
What's the difference, anyway? They're trying to sell it to the world as the complete destruction of Hamas. Take it whichever you chose, my point is even if, erased or transferred, is that really going to slow the resistance let alone stop it? Or is it going to quadruple it, potentially giving rise to a much more brutal level of worldly terrorism including inside the apartheid state.
Let's consider a scenario Hamas is beaten and all Gazans expelled to some 'tent city' in the nearby Sinai. Then what's going to happen? The Gazans would have moved a few miles farther from the Israeli border but next time will be in Egypt where they will have much greater access to resources than in Gaza, and with enough public support to make even more powerful and longer range rockets and they would use those rockets to not only target any Israeli presence in Gaza but also deeper into Israel. And why wouldn't they? They will have become refugees again as I think the current population of Gaza is about 70% made of refugees. They will, after losing so many loved ones, would fight with greater vengeance!
Israelis' attempt to duplicate the European annihilation of the so-called 'Red Indians' in the Americas will fail due to geography and demographic compulsions!!
Hypothetically you're on the money. But we all know a Palestinian tent city in Sinai is never going to happen. At most a transfer of the critically injured to hospitals and maybe a small refugee camp, but that's it.
And your prediction of Gazans having even better resources and fighting back even harder proves my point that this genocide is not accomplishing what the US and especially the apartheid state are trying to sell us, the complete eradication of Hamas. That just isn't going to happen and as a matter of fact, this genocide will exacerbate what happened on October 7th and even worse.
The United States' position is actually an apprehensive one. On one hand they're showing unconditional support to the criminals on the other hand there is no question they're worried about this loose cannon and the fallout of supporting this genocide. They cannot be sitting in the war room thinking "yeah baby, drop them bombs we're giving you and have a blast (no pun intended) and have a genocide on us!"
It depends on what Israel wants to do. If Israel annex Gaza than Palestinian cause will take a significant hit.
Hamas emerged and became strong in Gaza because it is under Palestinian control and Egypt and Iran can support Hamas. This is not surprising.
Either way, it will only make matters worse is my point. They're not fixing things for themselves and certainly not for the US, only making matters worse. The consequences of this genocide will be far-reaching in horrific ways, no matter what the outcome is. Even if it doesn't escalate into a major regional war. If that happens, oh boy.
we are not going anywhere. The fastest you realise that the better for the people who believes in it. 
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