Sudan was sanctioned for more than 20 years for supporting terrorism, it just got out of those sanctions.. So I do not think that it is ready to play with that fire again or anymore when all other countries are looking for better economics and education.. I think it has started on that way too.. Qatar in my view presented/presents a worst threat to Egypt, but now with KSA, the UAE and Bahrain are siding with Egypt, its mischiefs have diminished significantly.. Egypt is on the right path in reforms, the economy showed positive signs and this before even starting to exploit its huge newly found Gas reserves.. let's hope for the best..
Al-Sisi did a lot of great economic reforms that will help Egypt in the medium and long term but I do not think that el sewar , stupid MB clowns and general ignorant Arabs will understand what he is doing . As you know people in our countries look under their feet and believe anything told to them .
1) Devaluing the Pound :
a) will make Egyptian local business more competitive and encourage local retailers to switch to assembling thus reducing imports
b) Egypt trade deficit decreased by 50% after devaluing the pound .
c) Foreign reserves increased which allows local business to access dollar funds to import required machinary and raw material for production .
2) Cutting Wasteful subsidies ( no previous president dared to touch it )
a) reducing wasteful subsidies given to rich Egyptians especially car fuel and will also help eliminate black market where subsidized food was re-exported to other countries like Sudan and Libya
b) more money will be allocated towards Education , infrastructure and health care .
c) lower budget deficit will reduce government demand for bank loans which will make more financial resources available for local business to access in order to fund their business activities .
I dont need to mention the current strategic projects currently that are being build and the ones that were completed like Dumyiat furniture industrial city and Robeky industrial leather complex . There is also the major Fish Farms project over 20,000 fedan in Kafr el shiek and the first phase of suez canal project under construction .
As you know many Arabs are MB Sympathizers or members and they deeply hate Egypt for political reasons and media propaganda , they are all going nuts as they see Al-SISI cementing in power and Egypt moving towards stability and progress .
Water.. yes there is/was a problem with Ethiopia, but do not forget that Usrael has many Ethiopian Felashas jews that it brought out of Ethiopia,,So i am quite sure it had a hand in initiating that Dam project.. since it can threaten Egypt survival.. this shows to what extent Usrael fears Egypt.. and believe me this is no joke, since Usraelis were caught red handed in stirring the revolution in Egypt as recently as 2013.. that is why I think Usrael has a hand behind the construction of that Dam.. but it has lost its bet, since China took over the building of the Dam and it is a UN security Council member with a veto, Russia too and they are both on the side of Egypt on this.. since if Ethiopia refuses to fill the Dam slowly and according to the natural movements of the Nile, the matter will go to the Security Council and Ethiopia will lose.. but I think they are agreeing to let Egypt get its normal share of the waters..
I personally think Ethiopia's Government might even not survive in the long run , after All its ruled by an ethnic minorities and there is a lot of cards to play there if negotiations dont work out without having to enter in a direct conflict . The problem is not really Ethiopia , its actually the Sudanese government , they have been hostile towards Egypt for a long time , starting with Mubarak Assassination attempt , allowing arms to flow from their country to Egypt , Harbouring MB members and supporting terrorism in Libya .
Sudan can also be easily contained and I think Egypt evolving and close ties with Southern Sudan is what driving them crazy , Sisi is also visiting Chad and Egypt already has good ties with Eritrea this would keep sudan pretty much contained on All sides . I think Bachir is feeling squeezed with the current economic crises they are going through after losing oil revenues from southern sudan oil fields .
Sudan will face a similar break down just like Libya , its only a matter of time , this is why I said it will be a future threat towards Egypt . Egypt has haftar who protects Egypt from terrorism by controlling Eastern Libya , the question is how will Egypt deal with the break down of Sudanese government after the death or Fall of Bachir , the guy is growing old .
I do not think Israel has anything to do with the Ethiopian Dam , you already know Israel has advanced technologies in Water distillation , conservation and recycling which they exported to many countries like India and Ethiopia . They are also advanced in Agriculture and have one of the highest fields outputs even though its a desert country .
I agree Israel would be spying on Egypt especially during a time of revolution when no one knew who will run the countries but remember there were 30 other countries also spying on Egypt during that time . Israel does not have the capacity or influence to change events in Egypt as its seen negatively by most Egyptians .
As Al Sisi said before the threat today is from 4th generation warefare which utilizes media and propaganda to turn locals against their government by using religion and other sensitive topics like palestine to push people to destroy their countries with their own hands just like what happened in Libya , Syria and Yemen .
Al Jazeera sponsoring terrorist figures like Biladen , Hasan nasrullah and MB figures over the past 2 decades has created a huge pool of followers for these groups inside arab countries . They only needed a trigger to turn these masses into militiants seeking to destroy their national countries to bring back the so called khilafa or wilayat al fakih .
You always keep one bullet for your foreign enemies and 9 for traitors like MB , qatar and alqauda . A prime example would be someone like Celyal , you can see how deeply he hates other Arabs as a result of brainwashing that has been going on for years . You dont even see standard israelis spewing hate against Egypt the way he does , and there are many Arabs and even Egyptians similar to him out there .
