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Actually, Egypt won (strategically)
Reader comment on item: [Michael Oren's] "Six Days of War"
in response to reader comment: Reply to Waleed Abd El Rahman - Egypt "victory" in 1973

Submitted by Oren Green (Canada), Aug 12, 2008 at 12:52

The only state to achieve it's objectives in the 1973 war was Egypt.
True, at the end of hostilities Israel was at a military advantage over Syria and Egypt, so what? A military victory is meaningless without political consequences.

Egypt achieved it's objective of breaking the status quo and forcing Israel into a process that would return the Sinai to Egyptian hands.

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Why Six Days? [30 words]M. GreenbergJun 6, 2007 10:30
↔ Praise the Lord!! [60 words]Anurag EdwardsDec 13, 2008 12:13
Go Israel [129 words]Aaron KinneyAug 1, 2005 20:00
I admire Israel. [202 words]C.Pe.MakheshMay 8, 2005 12:17
THE SANDSTORM THAT UNCOVERED A MINE FIELD [148 words]Sam AurilioDec 2, 2004 16:35
How the Egyptians learned the lesson [210 words]Waleed Abd El RahmanAug 2, 2003 15:57
↔ Reply to Waleed Abd El Rahman - Egypt "victory" in 1973 [274 words]Shmuel Ben ZviApr 9, 2004 11:07
↔ Well said Shmuel Ben Zvi [25 words]Levy SolomanJul 23, 2006 08:58
↔ Please read.. -correction- [282 words]AmrooApr 24, 2007 05:15
↔ Reply to Amroo [461 words]cliffJun 23, 2007 10:59
↔ ⇒ Actually, Egypt won (strategically) [61 words]Oren GreenAug 12, 2008 12:52
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There isn't any need [100 words]Phil CollinsMar 11, 2003 12:14
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Brilliantly Written! [91 words]Neal R. HellerJun 24, 2002 11:09
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Israel's determination to survive [69 words]Stan RoseJun 5, 2002 17:26
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SecDef was not alone [208 words]Robert H. SternJun 5, 2002 00:31
Friendly Clarification Suggested [64 words]Adam BurczykJun 4, 2002 19:47
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Kudos with a question [136 words]Stan RoseJun 4, 2002 15:18
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Not Even Six Days! [143 words]Samy MikhailJun 4, 2002 09:16
Timely Book [112 words]William J. SturmJun 4, 2002 08:01

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