terms with both Arabs and Israelis, and to maintain an American position in the region on Israel's behalf as against the Soviet position in the region on behalf of various Arab states. One instance of the Cold-War aspects of the dilemma occurred after the 1967 war, when in 1970 the Soviets introduced missiles and military personnel into Egypt, at a time that the United States was debating whether to continue arms shipments to Israel or to pursue that vague arena known as Middle East Peace Talks. Egypt's position was that Israel should withdraw from the Sinai and Gaza Strip, won from Egypt in the Six-Day War, and stop making reconnaissance raids into the region. To do this, it urged the United States to "order" Israel to withdraw from the Strip and relinqui
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