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To: adam_az
BTW, you NEVER would have had a chance to kill Egyptian tanks, because the guys a few pay grades above you didn't want to risk having the Soviets come to the defense of Arabs in an overt manner. (as opposed to the covert manner in which Soviet pilots flew Arab air force planes.)

Funny, we had an advance party that was on the ground in-country as of 05 June. And the Israelis themselves were so uncertain as to the possible outcome as to hedge their bets; William Burroms and Robert Windrem, state in their book Critical Mass that Israel actually had two bombs available for use in 1967, and that Israeli Prime Minister Eshkol actually ordered them armed in Israel's first nuclear alert during the Six Day War.

But you weren't there. I was, and so were the crew of the Liberty.

36 posted on 07/09/2003 4:31:56 PM PDT by archy (Keep in mind that the milk of human kindness comes from a beast that is both cannibal and a vampire.)
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To: archy
Funny, we had an advance party that was on the ground in-country as of 05 June.

What battalion/brigade/division?

37 posted on 07/09/2003 4:33:04 PM PDT by Poohbah (Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women.)
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