Egypt's security requires an active role that includes specific military support when necessary, in coordination with Saudi Arabia and the State of Yemen. History provides a criterion for its evaluation: knowledge of geography and society, the proportionality of the means to the end, and the presence of a responsible spouse. When Egypt works in the south with Saudi Arabia and the country of Yemen, it protects itself before it protects others. The canal where the article began has lost more than half of its income, and the danger is far from its facilities, and the corridor connecting Bab al-Mandab and Suez connects the security of both sides. When the forces are organized under the leadership of the state of Yemen and the ports return to their role in trade, the security of the Red Sea will gain a more solid foundation, and Egypt will regain a decision-making space that distant powers are trying to reduce from Yemen's shores. If Cairo, Riyadh and Yemen meet in this way today, then the minimal level of integration between them becomes a fulcrum for broader Arab security, because exposing one side of this triangle weakens the other two sides.