History Friday

I'm thinking that I might institute a new feature on this blog; "History Friday." After all, amid all the insanity, despair, and dogmatic self-imolation of modern politics, warfare, and diplomacy it might be fun to remind ourselves that we were ever this screwed up.

Each Friday until I get bored with it I'll post a link to an interesting example of political bollocks from our past. Today's "History Friday" offering takes us back to 1973, the year of my birth, and the height of the Yom Kippur/Ramadan War between Israel and their Arab neighbours. The Soviets and the United States stood on the brink of plunging into this regional conflict...

Nixon 'too drunk' for Cold War crisis chat