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...eventuality. Far more ominous, however, was another possibility: that the Iraqis and Syrians, long sympathetic to the commandos, might intervene. That could tempt Israeli troops, armor and airpower to plunge in too. Then Egypt might respond?and Soviet pilots and technicians have become an integral part of Gamal Abdel Nasser's military forces. The first aim of U.S. strategy had to be to confine the fighting to the initial parties. The U.S. also hoped that Hussein would survive as a check on commando extremists. Finally, if the need arose, Americans trapped by the fighting would have to be rescued...
...officials are candidly baffled by the Soviet conduct in the past two months, especially in the Middle East. Moscow not only advanced its missiles in Egypt, but even after all of the fuss that created, it is still strengthening Nasser's air defenses in violation of the agreement, knowing full well that U.S. and Israeli intelligence detect every move. "This is deliberate?it is not clandestine," observes one Soviet expert in the U.S. Kremlin strategy raises all the old doubts about Moscow's intentions of abiding by any pact it enters...
...point during the civil war, made moves to join on the side of the fedayeen. Libya also cut off its annual $25.2 million subsidy to Jordan and so did Kuwait, which was contributing $39.2 million. Even Hussein's lukewarm friends, like Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, can no longer be counted on for support. After Guerrilla Chieftain Arafat skipped out of Jordan and met with Nasser in Cairo to brief him on the battle, Egypt's President fired off a scathing protest accusing Hussein of lying, breaking promises and perpetrating "a horrible massacre...
...most of its principals were subsequently assassinated or forced out of office. The discouraging precedent of that initial summit has been echoed virtually every time Arab leaders have gathered to wrestle with the Palestinian problem. The meeting called in Cairo last week by Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser was no better-and perhaps worse. The savage civil strife in Jordan polarized Arab leaders as never before. Not once, in fact, were delegates from all of the ten Arab states represented in Cairo able to sit down together, underscoring the Arabs' difficulty in papering over their disagreements...
Nadav Safran, professor of Government who teaches Gov 16, "The Middle East Problem," said, "Nasser's death has opened up many uncertainties, but it ends one certainly-that Nasser would never make peace with Israel...