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Old 03-05-2005, 10:55 AM   #40 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ZFBoxcar
They were threatend with nuclear weapons. The Soviet Army itself could not (in the required time) be deployed against Israel.
The Soviets threatened conventional intervention. The US responded by putting two CVBGs going to DEFCON II.
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