 it would be wiser from his point of view to accept Sadat's offer to incorporate Egypt within the American system as an American client state in return to some sort of a peace settlement with Israel. And he then undertook the so-called shuttle diplomacy, the purpose of which was to arrange for some sort of a settlement. It was a kind of a compromise between Sadat's position and his former position. The purpose was to basically eliminate Egypt from the Middle East conflict