Comments by "Jim Werther" (@jimwerther) on "The Death Of Ashraf 'The Angel' Marwan | The World's Greatest Spy Or Double Agent?" video.
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Based upon everything I read...
1. Marwan Ashraf leaked like a sieve to Israeli and British intelligence, and probably a few others as well.
2. He was greedy, selfish, egotistical, and absolutely reckless.
3. He was killed by Egyptian intelligence in retaliation for being a turncoat.
4. Ashraf first reached out to Israel while his father-in-law, Gamal Abdul Nasser, was Egypt's president, and Marwan was a low-level nothing. Marwan wanted money, and had no use for his father-in-law, who had tried to force his daughter, Mona, to divorce Marwan. He continued to give away state secrets under Sadat, only now the information was vastly more useful. Apparently he held grudges against Sadat as well. Marwan also sold military supplies to Muammar Qadafi in Libya, while bad-mouthing him behind his back too. Marwan wanted to live a life of opulence, and also couldn't get enough adulation from top officials in as many countries as he could.
5. Ahron (Rony) Bregman is a cartoonish character, a far-leftist who loves to pour venom on his country of birth. His claims are not taken very seriously.
6. Eli Zeira had been dropping ever-larger hints as to Marwan's identity, until Bregman actually bothered to notice. Eventually, someone would have, which is why the Israeli tribunal ruled against him. As mentioned here, Zeira has long wanted to point the blame elsewhere for his stunning failure to protect Israel in the leadup to the Yom Kippur War.
7. Even the wars mentioned here, 1967 and 1973, are depicted in a skewed way. Israel attacked in 1967 after the surrounding Arab countries, led by Egypt's Nasser, had pushed their troops to Israel's borders and promised to the world that they would annihilate Israel. The 1973 War ended in a stalemate, not an Egyptian victory. Egypt celebrated as if they had won, and Israel conducted investigations, because Egypt had initially done well in executing a surprise attack. However, Israel responded within days, and soon enough Israeli tanks were advancing on the Egyptian capital of Cairo. At that point Egypt sued for peace at the UN, and everything went back to status quo ante, with the Sinai right back in Israel's hands. The Egyptians were tickled pink that they had managed not to get humiliated as they had in 1967, and Israel annoyed that an invasion had been even a momentary success. It was a matter of expectations.
I read a number of articles about all this. If anyone wants to go that route, start out with "Who killed the 20th century’s greatest spy?", in the Guardian (UK).
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@flamboyentpromotions3471
Based upon everything I read...
1. Marwan Ashraf leaked like a sieve to Israeli and British intelligence, and probably a few others as well.
2. He was greedy, selfish, egotistical, and absolutely reckless.
3. He was killed by Egyptian intelligence in retaliation for being a turncoat.
4. Ashraf first reached out to Israel while his father-in-law, Gamal Abdul Nasser, was Egypt's president, and Marwan was a low-level nothing. Marwan wanted money, and had no use for his father-in-law, who had tried to force his daughter, Mona, to divorce Marwan. He continued to give away state secrets under Sadat, only now the information was vastly more useful. Apparently he held grudges against Sadat as well. Marwan also sold military supplies to Muammar Qadafi in Libya, while bad-mouthing him behind his back too. Marwan wanted to live a life of opulence, and also couldn't get enough adulation from top officials in as many countries as he could.
5. Ahron (Rony) Bregman is a cartoonish character, a far-leftist who loves to pour venom on his country of birth. His claims are not taken very seriously.
6. Eli Zeira had been dropping ever-larger hints as to Marwan's identity, until Bregman actually bothered to notice. Eventually, someone would have, which is why the Israeli tribunal ruled against him. As mentioned here, Zeira has long wanted to point the blame elsewhere for his stunning failure to protect Israel in the leadup to the Yom Kippur War.
7. Even the wars mentioned here, 1967 and 1973, are depicted in a skewed way. Israel attacked in 1967 after the surrounding Arab countries, led by Egypt's Nasser, had pushed their troops to Israel's borders and promised to the world that they would annihilate Israel. The 1973 War ended in a stalemate, not an Egyptian victory. Egypt celebrated as if they had won, and Israel conducted investigations, because Egypt had initially done well in executing a surprise attack. However, Israel responded within days, and soon enough Israeli tanks were advancing on the Egyptian capital of Cairo. At that point Egypt sued for peace at the UN, and everything went back to status quo ante, with the Sinai right back in Israel's hands. The Egyptians were tickled pink that they had managed not to get humiliated as they had in 1967, and Israel annoyed that an invasion had been even a momentary success. It was a matter of expectations.
I read a number of articles about all this. If anyone wants to go that route, start out with "Who killed the 20th century’s greatest spy?", in the Guardian (UK).
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@bobjary9382
Why would we support terrorism? Should we give money to ISIS as well? Hamas leadees use the money mostly for terrorism, and the rest to line their own pockets.
The Abraham Accords were a stunning success. Israel and the Arab countries were coming together, while the world's biggesr supporter of terrorism, Iran, was being sidelined, along with Iran's puppets in the region, such as Hamas. Along came Biden and bungled everything - not just in Israel, but also Afghanistan, the border, the economy, and everything else you can name. The man is stunningly incomepetent.
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