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Suppose that during the Yom Kippur War, when the United States was mounting a resupply airlift, Portugal and the Netherlands, the only European countries that allowed US aircraft to use their territory to refuel, did not? As a result, US aircraft are incapable of reaching Israel. Though a sealift is possible, it would take much, much longer to implement, and the war could already be over by the time the ships start docking. Nixon tells Golda over the phone "We're sorry, but there's nothing we can do to immediately resupply you".

So what happens? How does the war go?
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