rameshgupta, 25 days ago ⬆️ #EcstasyAndAmnesia #GazaStrip Memories tend to exaggerate what actually happened: #Israel was not yet a major recipient of #American aid or weaponry, and one of the #Arab belligerents, #Jordan, was decidedly not in the #Soviet camp. But the war was experienced as a clash between a Western-aligned society and pro-Soviet anti-imperialist sphere. The regime most responsible for the build-up to and outbreak of the war, #Nasser’s #Egypt, was also the one most closely associated with Moscow. ⬇️
⬆️ #EcstasyAndAmnesia #GazaStrip
Memories tend to exaggerate what actually happened:
#Israel was not yet a major recipient of #American aid or weaponry, and one of the #Arab belligerents, #Jordan, was decidedly not in the #Soviet camp.
But the war was experienced as a clash between a Western-aligned society and pro-Soviet anti-imperialist sphere.
The regime most responsible for the build-up to and outbreak of the war, #Nasser’s #Egypt, was also the one most closely associated with Moscow.
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