Posted on 05/10/2024 5:23:55 PM PDT by daniel1212
A coalition of Arab nations, led by Egypt and Syria, had surprised the Israeli military with a coordinated, all-out assault on the Jewish nation as it observed the holiest day of its year, Yom Kippur. Armed with the latest in Soviet weaponry, Arab forces quickly destroyed Israeli warplanes and tanks in numbers so shockingly large that a complete conquest of Israel — previously unthinkable — suddenly seemed all too possible.
In desperate need of rearmament, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir sent multiple appeals to the United States for military aid. Some of President Richard Nixon’s military advisors counseled against such a move, as they feared it would rapidly spiral into open warfare between America and the Soviet Union.
Nixon, after huddling with National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, ordered a decisive response that few if any expected: a full-on emergency mobilization of the American military to immediately bring the Israeli military back to its pre-invasion strength.
Launched just six days after the first Egyptian and Syrian attacks, “Operation Nickel Grass” constituted a resupply campaign that surpassed anything ever seen before — or since — in American history. U.S. military transports filled to the brim with weapons and supplies immediately took off for Israeli airbases, shadowed by American fighters with orders to shoot down any plane that appeared even remotely hostile.
Quickly restocked with fresh American equipment, Israeli forces rapidly regained control of the battlefield and, by the time a cease fire took hold four weeks later, once again had little to fear from its enemies.
The success of Nickel Grass, driven in no small part by Nixon’s order to use “everything that can fly” to resupply Israel,
God bless President Nixon for taking a determined stand with our great friend Israel. Amen.
4 So Abram departed, as the Lord had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
6 And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. 7 And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.
8 And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the Lord, and called upon the name of the Lord.
Too bad the same people had a hand in destroying him and resulting in his resignation.
The intelligence gathered by SR-71 overflights was also important to Israeli efforts.
I remember being stationed at LAS Germany during the Yom Kippur war. The US tried to ship a bunch of reserve tanks to Israel out of Bremerhaven and the GERMANS stopped it. They wanted all the tanks the US had to stay put cuz Russia.
When I was in the USN, some of the petty officers in my squadron had been on the JFK in the Med during the Yom Kippur war. Their stories were quite interesting.
Another summary:
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/israel-nearly-went-nuclear-win-1973-yom-kippur-war-172087
People forget this about Nixon.
The actual quote was something like “anything that shoots, on anything that flies”.
Which led to the OPEC oil embargo.
Which caused crude oil prices to almost triple.
Which led to the “Energy Crisis” (and the 55 mph national speed limit, among other horse puckey).
Which led to America ‘discovering’ Japanese cars. Before that, it was un-patriotic to not buy American.
Which led to a crisis in Detroit that forced them to “raise their game” and build cars that got better gas mileage and lasted longer.
In 1972, a car was decent if it lasted 100,000 miles.
IN 1978, a car was crap if it didn’t last 200,000.
I was issued cold weather gear and packed up with my gear by the front door and my step brother was packed up and sitting on the tarmac with the 82nd.
I was being discharged from the Army within months and thought it would be sort of nasty to be detoured to the Eastern Front.
I had a battery in the Illinois Army National Guard, short two forward observer 1/4 tons and trailers. They finally arrived at the railroad yard at Camp Lincoln and were waiting on a low-boy to deliver to our armory in Chicago.
The war in question happened and I was advised that my vehicles and trailers were on board a C-141 bound for Israel.
Funny, they were never replaced, but I never doubted that they were well invested.
Nixon,like JFK,was a victim of the Deep State. Nixon was allowed to resign and live. Then we got a used Ford .
If my history is right Israel was caught off-guard, recovered and had Egypt’s crack 3rd Army surrounded when the Soviets threatened to get involved. That’s when Nixon raised the DEFCON level. What would Biden or Carter do?
Do your own research, hack.
Tucker Carlson already blew the lid off of this in a segment where Watergate was a complete and utter scam.
Nixon actually hated Israeli influence in our government.
You made the assertion. You provide the proof.
Better hurry, though. You ain’t gonna be around here much longer.
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