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To: maceng2 who wrote (558)	1/18/2002 1:54:47 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) of 6945

Only since the 1970's. How about 1948? Israel had 27,400 armed troops on the frontlines, compared to 13,876 of the Arab countries combined. 40,000 Jewish troops and 50,000 militia against 20,000 Arab troops and 13,000 guerillas. Israel had 800 armored vehicles vs. 113 for the Arabs, 787 mortars vs. 40 for the Arabs, 4 field guns vs. 102 for the Arabs. (from Walid Khalidi) U.S. ambassador to Egypt: "Arab armies will probably be soundly be defeated by Jews." (from Israeli historian Simha Flapan) U.S. ambassador to Egypt: "Informed circles inclined to agree that Arabs would now welcome almost any face-saving device if it would prevent open war." (Flapan) U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall told U.S. embassies the day before the war that Arab armies were weak and would be no match for Israel. Arab military leaders met for the first time on April 30, 1948, about half a year after Israel kicked Plan Dalet (ethnic cleansing of Palestine) into action. "The Arab leaders were still desperately searching for a face-saving formula that would extricate themselves from a commitment to military action." (Flapan) Tom

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