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facts and fiction - Iraq

Contributor: Fleabag

Date: 2003-02-19 20:43:45


The threat was serious enough. Serious enough for the US military to send immediate aid so Israel did not resort to 'The Samson Option'.

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facts and fiction - Iraq

Contributor: jwitt

Date: 2003-02-20 14:26:58


Fleabag

Although your point is well taken, most historians agree that Golda Meir and cabinet would not have resorted to that option unless the Syrians continued their advance from the Golan into the area of the Galilee. In fact, the Syrians deliberately stopped at the edge of the Golan, when there was virtually nothing to prevent them from continuing, accept of course the Samson option.

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