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To: epsteinbd who wrote (24048)	4/9/2002 9:01:26 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

But king Hussein would have loved to stay out of it. It is just that his planes were considered too much of a threat, like his armies, trained by the British. Then he should have refrained from his open alliance with the UAR on May 30th. (The two countries had barely been on speaking terms until then) As the leader of an Arab state, he couldn't afford to stay out of it.

To: epsteinbd who wrote (24048)	4/9/2002 12:21:35 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Nasser had closed the Aquaba gulf to Israeli boats a couple of weeks before, Excuse me... if the Canadians blockaded Puget Sound, would that be an act of war against the US?? Same thing applies to Israel, and it was one of the causes of the 1956 war as well. Blocking off the port of Eilat cut Israel off from the majority of its petroleum imports. That's an act of war, especially when it's accompanied by the belligerant ranting of Nasser and other Arab leadership. Jordan had a choice to stay out of the war. Hussein made the wrong choice and freely admitted as such in his memoirs. He's the one who asked for a mutual alliance with Egypt, which was signed on the 30th of May... And it was he who had to fulfill his obligations under such an alliance after provoking the Israelis to attack and eliminate the blockade on their southern port. As for who was attacking who... from 1948 onward, Egypt, Jordan, and every other surrounding Arab state had been providing shelter and support for Fedeyeen guerillas. The Israelis retaliated for these strikes, but it was clear as to who the original aggressor were. Hawk