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To: Thomas M. who wrote (3030)	8/31/2001 8:49:05 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

On June 5, 1967, Egypt had 80,000 men and 900 tanks in the Sinai. What do you call that, a picnic? Nasser moved them into the Sinai in the middle of May, after the Soviets told him that Israel had moved 13 brigades against the Syrians. It wasn't true, and Nasser knew it, but he took it as a green light from his Soviet sponsors that it would be a good time for another war. Until then, the Egypt-Israel border had been quiet. Tensions were high on the Syrian border due to Syrian shelling of northern Israel from the Golan. During May, the Syrians also massed troops, and Jordan, which had been hostile to Egypt, joined the alliance. Iraq and Saudi Arabia sent troops also. Also, as mentioned before, Nasser blockaded the Straits of Tiran (Israel had said in 1956 that it would regard this as a casus belli), told UNEF forces to scram, and called for the total destruction of Israel in public speeches. There was no impending Israeli attack or mobilization or massing of troops before these Arab actions in May 1967, so they weren't self-defense. Let me repeat: Egypt mobilized first, and Israel only mobilized in response. They might be construed as an elaborate game of brinksmanship, or an intent to starve Israel by forcing it into extended mobilization, but if so, Nasser badly miscalculated.

To: Thomas M. who wrote (3030)	9/1/2001 1:55:02 AM
From: Eashoa' M'sheekha	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

The Arab World Would Kick Israel’s Butt Today. That's why Israel are so sheepish...kapish? Match the military might of the Arab world, without outside intervention, and you have a victory for the Arabs.Period. This is the end game that the Arab world has envisioned for decades..it is in their destiny to defeat their enemies. Yet,Many other countries and people " feel " oppressed " and “ wrongly done by “ too. Take a look at the conference now being held in S.A..... Many/some of the allegations may be true,many may be false or without substantive real life evidence to pursuade a jury that certain acts were not those of racism, but a mere juncture of reality incorporated in either indifference or an adjustment to their new reality. Everyone is looking for someone or some government to blame for their position in the world.They want a fall guy..or a parachute...or a safety net..or a security blanket..to cling onto and blame the rest for their despair. It doesn’t work that way, I'm afraid, not now..nor in the animal world of millennium gone by. For whatever groups or religions or movements or ideologies any one person or persons may attend, it does not and should not B-L-A-M-E another race or group or person for their reaction, and the manifestation of their sub cultural recognition is no more than an admission of their own inferiority. It Is without a doubt upon every person to make their own way in this world…… And you can take that to the UN.