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...purpose of these deep aerial attacks on military targets is to interfere with the Egyptian armed forces' preparations for war, not to allow them to remain at peace so that they can prepare for a war. Nasser said half a year ago that he has half a million soldiers and was going up to a million. Our deep penetrations definitely disturb these preparations. Large amounts of equipment have been destroyed. The Egyptians have been forced to move back antiaircraft and artillery to protect themselves not only on the canal but also west of Cairo...
...Israel tolerate Nasser's war of attrition...
...Nasser is a wizard at inventing phrases. I think the war of attrition is his fourth, fifth or sixth slogan. When he came up with it, people really were occupied with what was going to happen and how we were going to cope with this type of war. Now we can say without boasting that we have presented an answer. I am quite sure that Egypt suffers from this more than Israel. In Israel from time to time you hear the question "What is to be?" I think the Egyptians should ask themselves not only "What...
...four times larger than it was before the war, and, as a result, Tiberias is now the only sizable city that can be hit by shells lobbed from beyond Israel's frontiers. Meanwhile U.S.-built Israeli Phantoms strike regularly deep into Egypt without fear of challenge-or retaliation. Nasser's Soviet-made MIG-21s can reach major targets in Israel, but they are mainly defensive airplanes; with bomb racks added they would lack the range to make it back home. Besides, they would have to encounter Israeli pilots whose advantage over them in combat...
...result, Israel's strategy is to emphasize strength and security above a shaky, unreliable armistice. "The moment Nasser believes that Israel is weak," said Premier Golda Meir last week "that is the danger point...