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Originally Posted by icenine
Israel is much more afraid of the Muslim Brotherhood being thrust into power by populations who have a sincere dislike of Israel' existence than the old system of despotic dictators who used the Israeli's as a bogeyman to keep their own downtrodden and poor citizens under wraps. I am sure Israel would prefer to have Assad and Mubarak to deal with right now than crusading democracies who may actually want to really destroy them.
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If the state is splintered, weakened and many factions fighting each other who cares about the brotherhood. The brotherhood can be proxied.
What is feared is a cohesive vibrant state.