The end of the pyramids?

[Flavivs Aetivs]

Has anyone tried to find out?

I would put the real question differently: if they do, then one of the most wonderful monuments of mankind is gone. The danger is slim, but what they put on line is irreplacable.

All I'm questioning is whether in this situation the fanatics stand a good chance of getting what they want.

In Afghanistan they got it. The Western intelligence services only woke up to the threat when Taliban tanks were already firing on the monument.

I gave it yesterday a thorough thought and I don't think that when push comes to shove, any foreign government would militarily intervene if the Egyptians irrationally decide to blow up the pyramids. Egypt is the most important Arab country in one of the most strategically sensitive areas. Things would stand a high chance of spiralling into an international war quickly.

Only 2 or 3 nations could undertake such a military operation successfully anyway (Libya showed painfully GB's and France's limited capabilities to project military power beyond its borders). I don't think Obama, or any other president, would risk put a match to the powderkeg that the Middle East is to save the pyramids. He would not find sufficient support among the electorate for trading American blood with Egyptian stone. An intervention would not materialize, the pyramids would be gone, nobody could prevent the Egyptians from destroying the pyramids if their fanatics take over and decide so.

Well first of all, obama is a pansy. He wouldn't declare war in the first place.