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I'm not a betting man, but, "Egyptian political leaders on Monday met Morsi to discuss the report. Apparently unaware their discussion was being televised live, some of them proposed hostile acts including aiding rebels inside Ethiopia and destroying the dam itself."

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You are quoting a scandal that happened about 7 years ago with a fundamentally different government. So much happened since then in the Egyptian political scene. A coup d'etat deposed that incompetent Islamist government and instilled a new dictator who has a very different agenda.

The dam has been under construction for over 10 years now. The motives for these two men are different but when it comes to the Dam, they are aligned

Moreover, the west has a vested interest to keep el-sisi happy. There is a suspicion about the recent political instability in Ethiopia is partly because of Egypt

http://nemozen.semret.org/2021/06/pay-any-price-bear-any-bur...

Ethiopia is really playing with fire. Cutting a country's main water supply is as legitimate a casus belli as it gets.

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