Showing posts with label Revision Of The Six Day War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Revision Of The Six Day War. Show all posts

Sunday, June 10, 2012

The Middle East Media Sampler 6/8/2012: Reversing History of Six Day War

From DG:
1) Reversing history

In commemoration of the Six Day War, Jewish Ideas Daily has presented a synopsis of each day of fighting as well as the conditions prevailing on the eve of the war. According to the introduction, this synopsis is based on Ambassador Michael Oren's, Six Days of War. The final installment, with links to the previous six, is here.
But to see victory as a worse outcome for Israel than defeat is to forget that Israel fought the war just to survive; victory was the only option.
Rick Richman neatly summarizes a number of unlearned lessons 45 years later: