07-05-2019, 04:02 PM
Thanks for that posting Paul. Too bad its behind a wall.
But it seems almost based on my article. Except they may have had some things that were pulled at that time Malcolm Blunt got me those documents from the JFK Library.
The way they characterize Ben Gurion's response to Kennedy's threat to pull funding is right on. It was to automatically trash Nasser as some kind of bloody madman equivalent to Hitler. This is what made me think that the Israelis somehow were on to Kennedy's attempt to forge a bond with Nasser. Bob Komer suspected the same and he was frank with JFK about this. He literally said that the Israelis were trying to poison the relationship between the two men. Which Kennedy had said he wanted to make a high priority of his presidency. It didn't work. Kennedy was not going to buy it because he trusted and confided in Nasser. I mean at great poltical expense, he even backed Nasser's war in Yemen against Saudi Arabia for awhile. That showed how he had reversed Foster Dulles' policy in the Middle East.
The more people who are aware of this whole triangle between Kennedy, Nasser and Ben Gurion, the better. Because it really shows a path that was forsaken. To me, the one LBJ chose--being an Israeli suck up--was a dead end.
I mean look at where it ended up. During the Yom Kippur War, Golda Meir loaded up her bombers with atomic weapons when the Egyptians crossed the Sinai with a tank batalion. Can you imagine the nuttiness of that? Threatening World War III and atomic war over Egyptian tanks in the Sinai?
But it seems almost based on my article. Except they may have had some things that were pulled at that time Malcolm Blunt got me those documents from the JFK Library.
The way they characterize Ben Gurion's response to Kennedy's threat to pull funding is right on. It was to automatically trash Nasser as some kind of bloody madman equivalent to Hitler. This is what made me think that the Israelis somehow were on to Kennedy's attempt to forge a bond with Nasser. Bob Komer suspected the same and he was frank with JFK about this. He literally said that the Israelis were trying to poison the relationship between the two men. Which Kennedy had said he wanted to make a high priority of his presidency. It didn't work. Kennedy was not going to buy it because he trusted and confided in Nasser. I mean at great poltical expense, he even backed Nasser's war in Yemen against Saudi Arabia for awhile. That showed how he had reversed Foster Dulles' policy in the Middle East.
The more people who are aware of this whole triangle between Kennedy, Nasser and Ben Gurion, the better. Because it really shows a path that was forsaken. To me, the one LBJ chose--being an Israeli suck up--was a dead end.
I mean look at where it ended up. During the Yom Kippur War, Golda Meir loaded up her bombers with atomic weapons when the Egyptians crossed the Sinai with a tank batalion. Can you imagine the nuttiness of that? Threatening World War III and atomic war over Egyptian tanks in the Sinai?