IAFF 1005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Six-Day War
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Worried about loosing vietnam like truman lost china. Not normal tactics - used guerrilla tactics, they had the lay of the land. 1975 north vietnamese ran over south vietnam. Why is it important for states to maintain credibility. Bipolarity > us wants to be seen credible and a leader. Past actions matter in terms of reputation. Why is there such a strong bias that we have to intervene. If he starts sending troops he has to continue. There is a line we cannot let putin cross > we will let him cross if we dont send troops now. Putins credibility is anti-west > the opposite side of us sending troops means he would also have to send troops. But putin will push back just as much. That is the biggest fear of us sending weapons. 1973 war: arabs surprise attack on israel during yom kippur. Israel was no sure if the soviets were supporting egypt.
