Six months ago, in a televised statement of aims and aspirations that took nearly three hours to deliver, President Anwar Sadat informed 35 million fellow Egyptians that "the stage of total confrontation" with Israel was soon to begin. To prepare for it, Sadat, 55, reshuffled his government and named himself Premier and Military Governor General in addition to President and Commander in Chief of the armed forces. He visited front-line posts in uniform and was photographed peering through field glasses at Israeli fortifications. "We believe in our destiny," said Sadat. "We do not shrink from any sacrifice."
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