The U.S. feared a major Arab-Israeli and superpower confrontation and asked Israel to delay military action pending a diplomatic resolution of the crisis.
Not the United States. Just that thing Lyndon Johnson.
The English used to have a custom of digging up the bodies of especially worthy people and hanging them. Really, a very nice custom.
69 posted on 06/07/2005 2:03:34 AM PDT by Iris7
("War means fighting, and fighting means killing." - Bedford Forrest)