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To: michael97123 who wrote (65855)	9/13/2002 8:35:55 AM
From: Jerome	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 70976

>>>needs to be done by strenghthening Iran, Turkey, and Israel the three non arab states in the region. Add Egypt and Jordan on the arab <<< Overall this makes sense.Except there is no need to strengthen Israel further. They already have WMD, and have exercised poor judgement in attacking the Palestinean civilian population, on the flimsiest of excuses. The ratio of Hamas militants killed relative to the number of Palestinean civilians killed is far too high. JMO...Jerome

To: michael97123 who wrote (65855)	9/13/2002 4:16:33 PM
From: Zeev Hed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Not Hungary, it was the Suez Canal, Bulganin threatened to use Nukes against France and Britain if they do not withdraw, Eisenhauer told the Brits and French, "you cooked it you eat it", yielding to the Nuclear ultimatum. The Brits and French withdrew, but the French launched a major Nuclear program of their own (with help from Israel as strange as that sounds), vowing to never have to depend on Uncle Sam in a tight nuclear spot (g). Not that I think the Brits and French were right in their attempt to regain the canal by force, but that is not the point, the Soviet got the wrong impression that nuclear ultimatums work, thus the dangerous Khruschev gambit four five years later. Zeev