Quoted: They crossed the Suez Canal in force. And their troops did not automatically retreat when the Israelis shot back. And if America hadn’t resupplied Israel with TOW’s, and other supply’s, things would have been very different. In the Sinai the battle was almost a draw.  Considering how badly Egyptian troops fought in previous wars, this was almost as good as a win. In the end Israel was knocked down a peg, which was badly needed, and laid the groundwork for the Egyptian/ Israeli peace talks.  There has been peace between Israel and Egypt ever since. Let them have their fun.

Things wouldn't have been different.  The TOWs were a political win as the USSR realized that if they jumped in to save the Arabs(again) then the US would get involved.
Wanna drive a liberal jew nuts?  The two presidents that were the biggest supportors of Israel were W and Nixon.

History lesson.
two egyptian armies crossed the Sinai.  The 2nd and 3rd.  They never penetrated more than 10 klicks past the canal.  The initial Israel counter attack got beat pretty bad as the SAM screen kept the IDF at bay and the commander of the lead brigade fucked up and turned the flank too early.
The Israelis successfully repulsed the Syrian attack (this was the decisive fight of the war) and were pretty much free and clear to damascus.  The syrians begged the Egyptians to attack to take pressure off of the syrians.  Egypt crossed their tank reserves to the East Bank and attacked into the teeth of a prepared Israeli defense.  They also went beyond their ADA screen.  The cream of the egyptian tank corps was decimated and they quickly sued for peace.
Sharon then found the seam between the Egyptian Armies and penetrated and crossed.  The 2nd Army was not surrounded but the third (with the bitter lake to its back) was completely surrounded.
With the reserves committed and destroyed, there was nothing stopping the Israelis from taking Cairo and Damascas
But, the arabs didn't completely puss out and the 2nd and 3rd armies, while surrounded or in untenable situations, didn't surrender.
Great campaign to study.
Would have been interesting if Jordan had gotten involved.

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: They crossed the Suez Canal in force. And their troops did not automatically retreat when the Israelis shot back. And if America hadn’t resupplied Israel with TOW’s, and other supply’s, things would have been very different. In the Sinai the battle was almost a draw.  Considering how badly Egyptian troops fought in previous wars, this was almost as good as a win. In the end Israel was knocked down a peg, which was badly needed, and laid the groundwork for the Egyptian/ Israeli peace talks.  There has been peace between Israel and Egypt ever since. Let them have their fun. Things wouldn't have been different.  The TOWs were a political win as the USSR realized that if they jumped in to save the Arabs(again) then the US would get involved. Wanna drive a liberal jew nuts?  The two presidents that were the biggest supportors of Israel were W and Nixon. History lesson. two egyptian armies crossed the Sinai.  The 2nd and 3rd.  They never penetrated more than 10 klicks past the canal.  The initial Israel counter attack got beat pretty bad as the SAM screen kept the IDF at bay and the commander of the lead brigade fucked up and turned the flank too early. The Israelis successfully repulsed the Syrian attack (this was the decisive fight of the war) and were pretty much free and clear to damascus.  The syrians begged the Egyptians to attack to take pressure off of the syrians.  Egypt crossed their tank reserves to the East Bank and attacked into the teeth of a prepared Israeli defense.  They also went beyond their ADA screen.  The cream of the egyptian tank corps was decimated and they quickly sued for peace. Sharon then found the seam between the Egyptian Armies and penetrated and crossed.  The 2nd Army was not surrounded but the third (with the bitter lake to its back) was completely surrounded. With the reserves committed and destroyed, there was nothing stopping the Israelis from taking Cairo and Damascas But, the arabs didn't completely puss out and the 2nd and 3rd armies, while surrounded or in untenable situations, didn't surrender. Great campaign to study. Would have been interesting if Jordan had gotten involved. As you wrote that I remembered the phrase, “The Valley of Tears”. Syria came very close to winning up north.  It was so very close.  Israeli tankers fought quite literally to the point of exhaustion.  Had Syrian troops fought a bit smarter, just a little bit more, the Golon would have been cleared of Israeli forces. Syrian troops did not run and flee.  They fought and fought hard.

Define "winning".  Did they advance?  so what?  Is that what winning is?  The arabs have defined winning as not losing as bad as 1957 and 1967.  Had the initial forces not held the syrian onslaught, the IDF would have once they went too deep.  Even had they cleared the Golan, they wouldn't have held it for very long.  They couldn't hold it with prepared defenses in 67.  No way they hold in a hasty defense.
Would they have rolled through gallalee?  No.  As with the Egyptians, once they went past their ADA screen they would have been decimated as well.  Its amazing they didn't go farther than they did.
It wasn't the normal spanking they usually got.  The Israelis have played an interesting game in their portrayal of 1973.  On one hand, they don't want to give the arabs credit out of sheer arrogance.  On the other hand, they want to keep getting American arms for free so they talk about how close it was.  
It wasn't close and the Syrians and Egyptians were ultimately defeated just as soundly in 73 as in 67.  
And after the initial attack, they did retreat, though in a more orderly manner than previously.
From a military view point, I see no victory or win for the arabs.  They just weren't spanked as quickly or as obviously in 1967.
Compare endstates.
israel on the West Bank of the Suez Canal and in Syria with nothing stopping them from driving to the capitals of their enemies.
Explain to me how thats a win or even close to winning.