Word: battlefield
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even though its Arab clients did not succeed on the battlefield, the Soviet Union-at least for the moment-appears to be one certain winner in the Middle East war. Despite past feelings about Russian arrogance, both Syria and Egypt are now grateful to Moscow for its military and diplomatic aid-a gratitude that will grow if the Soviet Union continues its resupply effort in the post-cease-fire weeks. Having rebuilt relations with Egypt and Syria, many Middle Eastern experts agree, the Soviets can now concentrate on the primary goal of their policy in the area: broadening and developing...
...sure, there was a sense of euphoria in the early days of the fighting, as the Arabs listened to radio reports of Egyptian and Syrian battlefield conquests. Many of the 50,000 Arabs from the occupied territories who work in Israel stayed away from their jobs during the war. There were also instances of Arab children throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers. On the other hand, most of the 400,000 Arabs who live in Israel appeared to support the government, largely because they have no other place to go and have lived in Israel since its birth. One Jerusalem paper...
...week's end the real question facing Egypt and the Arab world was the quality of those decisions. Did Sadat have a plan for stemming the Israeli advance from the canal? Would his people forgive him if, in the end, Egypt's armies were to suffer another battlefield defeat? No one could say. But for the moment he was his nation's hero and Nasser's rightful heir...
...your forces gain the battlefield momentum, where will they stop...
...early battlefield reports streaming from the fronts into the military headquarters in Egypt and Syria seemed too good to be true: light Israeli resistance at the Suez Canal and in the Golan Heights; Israeli reserves not mobilized; Israel's general population relaxed and praying in the synagogues. Yet the reports were accurate. The Arabs had accomplished what conventional wisdom had long insisted was nearly impossible - a surprise attack on Israel...