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From: cher@ihlpm.UUCP (Cherepov)
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Subject: Re: Terrorism, etc. (Just a thought)
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Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 10:09:32 EST
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> Sorry, Mr. Cherepov, but it seems that it's you who is pretending that
> you didn't know any of what you're talking about or in fact didn't know
> about it.
> When the 1973 war started, Egypt was not a russian ally, Sadat has
> expelled all russian experts, instructors,etc.. long before the war.
> It's true that there weren't an egyptian soldier to stop the israeli
> from taking over Cairo (during the 67 war); this isn't true however
> in the case of the 73 war. The reason that the israeli didn't take over
> Cairo in 67 is simply because Cairo is 12,000,000 (4 times the whole israeli
> population); that wouldn't be a smart move by any standards (probably,
> the israeli experience in southern lebanon is a good example).
> 							hisham...

Sorry, Hisham, but Egypt was fighting with Soviet weapons,
was cooperating with Syria, and was not a US ally
(which is what Farzin said). I do not recall saying that
there was not an egyptian soldier, ...etc.
I guess, my pronouncements were pretty fuzzy and neglected
Sadat's earlier break with USSR, but in 72 Sadat's main reason
was that USSR was not militant enough towards Israel.
Needless to say USSR still was rooting for Egypt/Syria in 73.

Moral remains the same: in 1973 US won itself a new ally while
Israel cooperated.
			Mike Cherepov