Al-Sadat
is the crying wolf, clown and character in Opera
Aida
Part
of the reason for Israeli complacency on the eve of
the war was due to Arab political and military
deception. Egyptian President Anwar Al-Sadat (he had
replaced Nasser after his death in 1970) frequently
and publicly declared his intention to attack
Israel. He called 1971 "the Year of Decision" - but
1971 came and went and Sadat did not attack. In 1972
he continued to make threats of his aggressive
intentions towards Israel. By 1973 Sadat had become,
in the minds of Israeli Intelligence, "a case of
crying wolf." click
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Hamdy Al-Konaisy the military correspondent said in
his book Al–Toofan ( The Flood ), "I’m wondering of his
patience, meaning Al-Sadat, if you read the 6th,
7th and 8th edition of The
Guardian newspaper in 1973, for
David Hirst who said in his articles " Al-Sadat is a
small clown, and we should not care for his
declaration about war against Israel".
The American Secretary of State Kissinger at that
time said in a documentary film "Fifty
years of Arab-Israelis conflict" which was
translated by M. B. C. the arabic broadcasting
station "My opinion was that Al-Sadat similar to a
character in Opera Aida, I did not care for what he
was saying and I didn't take his declarations about
war seriously. Frankly, I thought he was bluffing".
