Jehan Sadat: I Loathe U.S. Policy; U.S. Is Trying to Fragment Egypt

Jehan Sadat, the widow of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, said in a TV interview that she was "sick and tired of U.S. policy." The U.S. was trying to fragment Egypt, just like it fragmented Iraq and Syria, she said. The interview aired on the Saudi-owned Egyptian MBC TV channel on February 17, 2014.

Following are excerpts:

Jehan Sadat: The truth is that Al-Sisi saved Egypt... In fact, not just Egypt... He saved all the Arab countries. The U.S. was about to fragment Egypt, just like it fragmented Iraq and Syria, and struck a blow against the Iraqi army, the Syrian army, and the other Arab armies – of Yemen, of Libya, and so on. The Egyptian army was next, because it was the only one remaining.

[The U.S.] was about to fragment it and Egypt as a whole. Obviously, it had its eyes set on the Arab Gulf and Saudi Arabia, which would have been next.

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Interviewer: Is it true that you will stop lecturing at an American university?

Jehan Sadat: Yes.

Interviewer: Why?

Jehan Sadat: First, I’m older now. Secondly, I hate the U.S. policies. The American people is a good people...

Interviewer: So you are doing this as a political protest?

Jehan Sadat: Let me tell you, seeing what the U.S. did in Egypt... After we were such good friends, the U.S. treats us like that, trying to fragment the Egyptian people and break down the Egyptian army... I am sick and tired of U.S. policy. I loathe it.

At the same time, let me tell you that the American people are great.

Interviewer: Do you think that they will get the message? Will they get the message that Jehan Sadat has decided to protest U.S. policy?

Jehan Sadat: Of course. I can’t believe that Obama would do what he is doing. It’s not just Obama. It’s a plot hatched years ago, but Obama is the one implementing it.

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