THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT – AT 8:02 A.M. ET:  The Israel-Egyptian peace treaty is the cornerstone of American policy in the Mideast.  It has prevented an all-out Arab-Israeli war for a generation.  The Egyptian military has assured us that the treaty will still be honored, but a major opposition politician now sounds an ominous warning, emphasizing once again that we really don't know what the "revolutionaries" stand for.  From the Jerusalem Post:

An influential Egyptian opposition figure and likely presidential candidate called Sunday for Cairo’s peace treaty with Israel to be reassessed, the first sign since former president Hosni Mubarak’s ouster Friday that the 32-year-old agreement may be in jeopardy.

Ayman Nour, a former lawmaker and chairman of the Ghad (Tomorrow) party, told an Egyptian radio station that the 1978 Camp David Accords were no longer relevant, and said the country’s leadership should at least rethink the terms of the framework agreements that led to a peace deal between the erstwhile enemies the following year.

On Saturday, the Egyptian military confirmed it would abide by all of the country’s prior international agreements, an announcement welcomed in Jerusalem by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak. The conflicting signal heard Sunday from a potential presidential candidate – heading not an Islamist party, but one describing itself as secular, liberal and human-rights oriented – is likely to give Israeli decision-makers pause.

“The Camp David Accords are finished,” Nour said. “Egypt has to at least conduct negotiations over conditions of the agreement.”

COMMENT:  Great, huh?  And this guy isn't even an Islamist.   Washington has to monitor this kind of talk carefully, and do some fast, vigorous behind-the-scenes diplomacy, making it clear that we will not tolerate any breach of the peace treay.  The European Union must do the same.

Let's see if Obama does the job, or starts to do the left-wing hustle, preaching "understanding" of other cultures.  The lives of American soldiers are involved here.

February 14, 2011