Egypt’s readiness to support Saudi Arabia carries a message that extends beyond the immediate confrontation with the Houthis. It expresses a judgment about the consequences of allowing attacks on a major Arab state to become a recurring instrument of regional pressure. Cairo’s position deserves to be understood through that judgment, alongside the limits it has placed on any prospective military role. Those limits are essential to the policy’s purpose. President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has clarifie
