Nasser lives longer

samcster94

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What happens to Egypt if Nasser doesn't drop dead in 1970??? Nasser was relatively young when he died, and could easily have ruled into the 1990's. I do imagine Israel and Egypt would stay enemies in TTL and Egypt-USSR relations might be better.
 
What happens to Egypt if Nasser doesn't drop dead in 1970??? Nasser was relatively young when he died, and could easily have ruled into the 1990's. I do imagine Israel and Egypt would stay enemies in TTL and Egypt-USSR relations might be better.

I am not sure how future wars with Israel will be. If Egypt still gets beaten by the IDF then I wonder how much prestige Nasser has left.
 
I doubt he would remain as popular as he was before the 1967 war. In fact, in 1970 he was a broken man and only death made him a myth.

At some point he's going to be retired with all honours (at best) or replaced in fact but not in name once he becomes senile like they did with Bourguiba.

Now, if he can't hold to power for long, I wonder whether his successor would try again something like the Yom Kippur war to regain honour like in OTL.
 
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