Wow, as an Israeli, this telegram gives me the chill..
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Kissinger, not anticipating how scary things were about to get on the Golan front, was probably hoping the Israelis would be forced into...
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...a diplomatic approach that better suited his own ideas.
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Indeed. At that moment, the suez front was also terrible and for the Israelis, it felt almost as though they will throw us to the sea..
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I guess main difference was proximity to population centres. But wouldn't have mattered much if southern front had gone as well. Scary week.
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Unfortunately, your Hebrew isn't good enough but the families sent men to the war. Many went and thousands didn't cone home.
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I figured just enough Hebrew to work the computer catalogues at CZA in Jerusalem but that's about it. A horrible war. British govt policy...
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... was shameful too. I posted something about that a few years ago.pic.twitter.com/U7UW3l7jhe
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I almost forgot what it was like to have serious people in the White House.
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I like the somewhat flawed analysis fromthe UK Ambassador in Cairo a little earlier in the day... ;)pic.twitter.com/pK5IBZnM55
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Michael, Thank you for keeping the historical perspective alive for us.
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I still remember the car ride to synagogue that day. So much sadness and worry.
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IIRC, it resulted in a lowering of DEFCON
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Window into history.Given seriousness of cable, why Nixon was to be told at 9:00 am instead of immediately?
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Nixon: Why caps, Jew boy?
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The failure to anticipate this war and other failures as concluded by the Agranat Commission, lead to the resignation of Golda Meir.
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Back when people treated nuclear weapons so seriously that any international crisis, esp. mideast, was cause for de-escalation.
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So we told them to do nothing? They were almost destroyed in this war! The first phase was a disaster for Israel!
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Love the interesting facts you post.







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