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Saddat wanted to break the deadlock by crossing the suez canal and holding out until a cease fire was agreed on. The egyptians were very poorly led, with officers chosen for political loyalty rather than competence or command ity. So he purges the old command structure and fills the military with smart, capable commanders who knew how to win not just kiss ass. This was going to be a genuine maritocracy, not a political clique as historian abraham rabinovitch described q.
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