about the question of unef, we talked about the un forces before, nasser wanted unef to pull back from border and to remain in sharm el-sheikh. now sharm el-sheikh is an area of the sinai peninsula that overlooks the straits of tiran at the entrance to the red sea. those straits had been blockaded to israeli shipping. if you look on a map, brian, you'll see that the red sea leads up to israel's southern port of eilat, and from eilat, israel could reach the ports of asia and africa, and once you sealed off those straits, those straits were only about a mile and a half wide, israel was effectively blockaded from the sea and that was an act of war under international law as well it's a causes belly, a reason for going to war. nasser did not want the un forces to be moved from sharm el-sheikh because he knew that once they were removed from sharm el-sheikh he, as an egyptian, would not be able to sit there and watch israeli boats pass by. he would have to blockade those straits again and that could cause a war. so he sent instructions to his officers, who were to meet with the heads of une