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Comment by Haim Barak on February 22, 2010 at 7:45pm

HOW & WHEN GENERAL ALEXANDER HAIG SAVED ISRAEL!!!
February 21, 2010
by Emanuel A. Winston, Middle East Analyst & Commentator


I have been listening to main news channels eulogizing General Alexander Haig, who died today at age 85 and his considerable exploits throughout his life. For me there was something missing which should have been there.




I did not hear from them about how and when General Haig saved Israel.




In 1973, during the Yom Kippur War, Israel was the target of a secretly planned attack by Egypt and Syria - among other nations in the region. American intelligence knew definitely that the War was imminent but didn’t tell Israel until 2 hours before the surprise attack began - when they knew Israel needed a minimum of 16 hours to mobilize her civilian army.

Nixon and Kissinger threatened Israel’s Prime Minister Golda Meir not to pre-empt or to mobilize - or else America would not re-supply Israel if the coming war lasted longer that the miraculous Six Days War, and Israel would have to go it alone.




Israel was also not adequately prepared internally because those who planned Israel’s defense had become imbued with what became known as the “conceptzia”. That conception was that none of those countries mentioned above would dare attack Israel, given the losses they incurred in prior wars.




The “planners” and Intel agencies that believed in the “conceptzia” were wrong!




The sneak attack of October 6, 1973 was on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year. The surprise attack was effective.




Israel had to use a Russian technique of raining down artillery shells on advancing Egyptian armor in the South and Syria in the North.




Within a week Israel began to run low on all weapons’ systems and munitions. They pleaded with President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger for urgent re-supply but, it was very slow in coming. I recall a report quoting or paraphrasing Henry (Heinrich) Kissinger saying: “Let them (the Israelis) bleed a bit, [presumably, then they would be more willing to surrender their Land for Peace]“.




But, there was one man who didn’t agree with that foot-dragging and forcing the Jews of Israel to “bleed a bit”.




General Alexander Haig, President Nixon’s Chief of Staff, began to open munition stores at American bases in America and in Germany. Out came pallets of artillery shells, TOW missiles and more which were loaded on Galaxy cargo aircraft. Those Galaxies headed toward Israel. As I recall, I had just landed at Ben Gurion Airport at about the time the Galaxies landed and were being unloaded at a fast pace. The planes were carrying artillery shells, TOW missiles and other ammunition I was informed later. (1)




John Loftus, the author of “Secret War Against The Jews: How Western Espionage Betrayed the Jewish People 1920-1992″ was a first hand eye-witness on October 6th when Richard Nixon’s chief of staff Gen. Alexander Haig ordered the Infantry Officer Training School at Fort Benning, Georgia to train 40 Israeli commanders to use the TOW (tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided) missile system. Then Loftus briefed the Israelis on the TOW capabilities. The “kill ratio” for the TOW was 97%. Al Haig stripped every TOW missile on the eastern seaboard of America and from Germany and shipped them to Israel. They loaded every TOW in stock on planes. The Israeli commanders were back in Israel by October 14, just in time to repulse a massive Egyptian armored attack in the Sinai with the TOWs. It was the turning point of the war. Haig had saved Henry Kissinger’s reputation by giving Israel the TOWs. (2)




Skipping a few things and days, I found myself in the Sinai Desert, meeting with then General Ariel (Arik) Sharon in what he called: “the killing fields”: burned tanks and army trucks dotted the landscape as if they were placed neatly on a giant chess board - with bodies scattered in the sand. Once you smell a dead body, cooking in the sun, you never forget.




If not for General Haig’s re-supply of weapons and Israel’s extraordinarily brave fighters, that scene could have been repeated all the way to Tel Aviv.




While the U.S. and European news neglected to tell that story on the evening news, nevertheless, it should have been on all the Israeli media. General Alexander Haig, should be eulogized in Israel, with special memorials to a great man who saved Israel - one in the South and one on the Golan Heights.




Hopefully, Israel’s current Prime Minister Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu has the sensibility to tell the Haig story about a righteous Gentile who was a true friend of the Jewish State at what was a strategically perilous time in 1973.




We do need that same kind of hero today in Israel and for Israel.




G-d speed dear friend, and may your name be remembered for a blessing.

I was hurt a week before the YOM KIPPUR war in the Golan Heights.

GOD BLESS YOU MY FRIENDS.

Comment by LMcSorley on February 22, 2010 at 7:36pm

Griffith Colson, it is wonderful to see you here as well! This room is filled with a great group of people. I'm honored to be here.

Comment by Haim Barak on February 22, 2010 at 6:51pm

Thank you Will, just arrived from the Airport,

Comment by GRIFFITH COLSON INTELLIGENCE on February 22, 2010 at 6:46pm

It is wonderful to see Linda here. Welcome. And we thank you, Haim and ICTOA President Riker for your continued support.
-Griffith Colson

Comment by Haim Barak on February 22, 2010 at 6:42pm

LMcSorley , Welcome and nice to have you here,

Comment by LMcSorley on February 22, 2010 at 5:05pm

Hello to both Haim and Michaelriker. I didn't realize you were both in this room until just now.

Cool!!!!

Comment by Thomas Prophet on December 25, 2009 at 11:31am

Electrician, Firefighter, Paramedic... Like many I have some experience in emergency situation - however - I have learned much from Homeland information. I am a certified CBRN responder and hope to learn more. Thanks, Thomas

Comment by Christopher D Thornton on September 30, 2009 at 12:43pm

Public sector, going on 4 years.

Please remember that while there are things you can contribute, and things you can get out of this network (HRCN) that it is an -open- network that anyone can join.

Comment by Jeremy on May 25, 2009 at 9:49am

First let me give a big THANK YOU to our men and women who serve this country and to our Vetrans here. I come from a family of former military personel. I can not serve do to medical issues with a back and bad knees, but I have the greatest respect for those who serve. I work in the Private sector doing Security. At this time I am not at liberty to say where or who I work for.

Comment by Haim Barak on May 21, 2009 at 8:02am

Hi Everyone,
My name is Haim Barak, I was born in Israel. Myfirst experience was a Paratrooper Special/Reconnaissance Unit in the Israeli Army since 1972.Where I learned the basic techniques of combat, Security, Intelligence and Surveillance.

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