Book Excerpt
‘ He Did What He Thought Right: He Saved Israel’
I
n 1973, the earth opened up, and the chaos of a second Holo-
caust was upon the children of Israel. Israel had fought three major
wars since its independence in May 1948. They had won them all, against the odds. Unfortunately, all of this led
to serious overconfi dence and carelessness by the Israelis, especially by Mrs. Golda Meir, prime minister of Israel. The Egyptians attacked in force
early on Oct. 6, 1973, and quickly overran most of the Israeli east bank of the Suez Canal fortifi cations, known as the Bar Lev Line. It had been considered impregnable. Egypt and, to a lesser extent,
Syria had been given the potent, brilliantly eff ective new SA-7 antiaircraft rocket in virtually unlimited quantities by the USSR. This weapon was so powerful that it could shoot down even the most skillfully piloted Israeli jets. Israel threw more and more
aircraft at the advancing Egyptian Army as it approached. The results were terrible for the Israelis. Mrs. Meir called Richard Nixon and told him how bad
the situation was. Nixon said he would send help immediately. He called Defense Secretary James Schlesinger and ordered him to fi nd out what Israel needed. The Israelis said they needed
above all the “black boxes” that supremely good American scientists had created, working side by side with Israeli scientists. These devices could foil the SA-7. The United States had large stocks of these black boxes. Secretary Schlesinger, although
a genuinely fi ne man, said he would not release the black boxes because their contents were so secret that he did not want them to possibly fall into Soviet hands. Nixon told Mr. Schlesinger that
he wanted the black boxes sent to Israel right away. The secretary of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) said it would take time. Mr. Nixon spoke to Mrs. Meir
again. She suggested that there were black boxes at U.S. bases in Europe close to Israel. Mr. Nixon said he would call
Secretary Schlesinger again. The secretary said he would “work on it.” Mr. Nixon said he did not want
promises. Nixon raised his voice and said he would call back in two hours and wanted to be certain that the devices were being fl own to Israel. Sure enough, roughly two hours
later, Mr. Nixon called Secretary Schlesinger to know if the devices were en route to Israel. The DOD boss said they were.
Mr. Nixon called Mrs. Meir and said the black boxes were in the air. Supposedly, tears came to her eyes. As soon as the U.S. C-130s landed,
the Israelis learned how to use them and attached them to their aircraft, and suddenly the SA-7s did not work any longer. The whole complexion of the war changed on a dime. This was an unprecedented
stand for the Jewish people by a world leader. Nixon would do what he believed was right: He would save Israel.
Extracted from The Peacemaker: Nixon: The Man, President, and My Friend by Ben Stein. (Humanix Books)
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