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00:00You write. His whole life was consumed by hate and tantrums. He regarded every man with suspicion.
00:08True?
00:09This was his habit, really.
00:11His nature was this. He was suspicious even when he was 19 years old. It is not a new...
00:21And you say that none of the officials in his entourage paid any regard to the interest of Egypt.
00:28They wanted nothing but to remain in power, motivated by hate and jealousy.
00:34That's a sad indictment of the people who ran this country.
00:38It was degrading, really. One day, tapping phones, concentration camps, all this.
00:47And seizing private property in the name of state socialism.
00:50The most degrading thing was any man wakes in the morning and finds himself nothing.
01:00Wiped out.
01:01Wiped out.
01:02Completely.
01:02And so...
01:03How did you come to be known? Because people used to say, forgive me, Mr. President, I can say it now, but...
01:09Please.
01:10Please.
01:10That's Nasser's poodle. Nasser's Mr. Yes, yes.
01:15Anwar Sadat.
01:17Whenever one starts to criticize him openly, he loses his temper completely.
01:24I know this because he was my friend since we were 19.
01:28So, whenever there were anything to criticize, I used to do this between me and him, either at his home or in my home.
01:39How not openly.
01:40No one expected you to survive. You know that.
01:43I know.
01:44Everybody said, Nasser's poodle will last six weeks.
01:48And here he is...
01:51Forty-six.
01:52Forty-six weeks.
01:53Yes, sir.
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