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5731-1971, in a detailed letter to General Aharon Yariv, head of Israel’s military intelligence directorate, the Rebbe criticized the complacency of Israel’s leaders in the face of Egypt’s aggressive armament, and the increasing control it was exercising over the Suez Canal. He detailed how past experience proved that retreating from territory does not serve to soften the enemy, but is interpreted as weakness and an invitation for additional pressure. “By nature I am not pessimistic, and I strive to find the happy aspects... But a person may not fool themselves about any matter — certainly not such a serious one.”

3 Elul
1. Igrot Kodesh vol. 27 p. 205