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WantsOfTheFlesh -> RE: Netanyahu is on TV Now (5/24/2011 10:09:26 AM)
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Mnottertail you need to calm down buddy. Thats a "FACT". For some reason you've been going mad at my posts the last few days. Here you mixed in some truth with lots of BS.
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ORIGINAL: mnottertail
Yeah, it is unlikely that the Soviet Union will be massively supplying the other side. So we can cross that worry off for our boy bibbi.
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NON-FACT and not even relevant to the point. Speaking of Russia today they have maintained strong links with the Mid East. They assisted Iran develop nuclear technology and supply them with advanced weaponry some of which they tried to force Israel to buy when they objected.
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You ain't good at facts, the israelis took a shit kicking for 4 days, since it was yom kippur when the surprise attack came, and they lost some ground but decisively won it back.
And the massive help we gave them was because the soviets were massively assisting the opposing team.
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We can dismiss your historically accurate half truths as asswipe.
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Partly true they helped cause the Soviets were helping the other team but also because Israel was desperate enough to use nuclear power facing total defeat. From Wiki
"Based on intelligence estimates at the commencement of hostilities, American leaders expected the tide of the war to quickly shift in Israel's favor, and that Arab armies would be completely defeated within 72 to 96 hours.[194]…
By October 8, Israel had encountered military difficulties on both fronts; in the Sinai, its effort to break through Egyptian lines with armor had been thwarted, and despite advances in the Golan, Syrian air defense systems were taking a high toll of Israeli planes, Israeli forces were retreating, and Syrian forces were overlooking the Jordan River.[196][197][198] It became clear by October 9 that no quick reversal in Israel's favor would occur and that IDF losses were unexpectedly high.[199]
During the night of 8–9 October, an alarmed Dayan told Meir that "this is the end of the third temple."[197] He was warning of Israel's impending total defeat…" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War
Even books have been written about the importance of the airlift to Israel: http://www.amazon.com/Yom-Kippur-War-Airlift-Strike/dp/0312320426
"This is a war that Israel never thought was possible. Surprised by the fury and excellent execution of the Arab onslaught, and perhaps more than a little complacent, Israel suddenly found itself on the point of losing a war because of a lack of ammunition, planes and tanks. The United States, after much vacillation, finally elected to help Israel, beginning a tremendous airlift (code name: Operation Nickel Grass) which incurred the wrath of the Arab states, and their sponsor, the Soviet Union.
Fortunately the airlift came just in time for Israeli ground forces to stabilize their positions and eventually turn the tide in the Sinai and Golan Heights. And it was all made possible by an operation that dwarfed the Berlin Airlift and the Soviets' simultaneous efforts in Egypt and Syria."
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