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<blockquote data-quote="Billybob" data-source="post: 2582173" data-attributes="member: 1294"><p>Speculative and anecdotal yes, but apparently the USAF put some stock in it... </p><p></p><p>The first U.S. flights arrived on 14 October.[63] Israeli commandos flew to Fort Benning, Georgia to train with the new American TOW anti-tank missiles and return with a C-130 Hercules aircraft full of them in time for the decisive Golan battle. American commanders in Germany depleted their stocks of missiles, at that time only shared with the British and West Germans, and sent them forward to Israel.[64] </p><p></p><p>Thus started the subtle, opaque use of the Israeli bomb to ensure that the United States kept its pledge to maintain Israel's conventional weapons edge over its foes.[65] There is significant anecdotal evidence that Henry Kissinger told President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, that the reason for the U.S. airlift was that the Israelis were close to “going nuclear.”[66] </p><p></p><p><a href="http://fas.org/nuke/guide/israel/nuke/farr.htm" target="_blank">http://fas.org/nuke/guide/israel/nuke/farr.htm</a></p><p></p><p>And yes in retrospect it did cause an economic disaster of sorts, but it could have been much worse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Billybob, post: 2582173, member: 1294"] Speculative and anecdotal yes, but apparently the USAF put some stock in it... The first U.S. flights arrived on 14 October.[63] Israeli commandos flew to Fort Benning, Georgia to train with the new American TOW anti-tank missiles and return with a C-130 Hercules aircraft full of them in time for the decisive Golan battle. American commanders in Germany depleted their stocks of missiles, at that time only shared with the British and West Germans, and sent them forward to Israel.[64] Thus started the subtle, opaque use of the Israeli bomb to ensure that the United States kept its pledge to maintain Israel's conventional weapons edge over its foes.[65] There is significant anecdotal evidence that Henry Kissinger told President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, that the reason for the U.S. airlift was that the Israelis were close to “going nuclear.”[66] [url]http://fas.org/nuke/guide/israel/nuke/farr.htm[/url] And yes in retrospect it did cause an economic disaster of sorts, but it could have been much worse. [/QUOTE]
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