Hey Doc,
It's pretty interesting stuff. I'm sorry if i wasn't clear on point two.
Initially the Isreali intel guys figured the Arabs would never be able to coordinate enough to take advantage of their numerical advantages.
But as Yom Kippur approached, the intel guys definitely knew something was up. They figured an attack was coming. They didnt know the hour. A double agent, who the Israeli's called "the in-law" told them it would be in the afternoon, when it was a few hours earlier.
I really still don't understand why Dayan told Meir to humor King Hussein, instead of listening to him. After all, she could have used the opportunity to call up the reserves, and it would have made them look even better, fewer Israeli casualties those first few days. And no-one would have to suffer through Dayans lament about the end of the third temple.
I guess Moshe Dayan figured he would scramble everyone after they were finished with the rites of Yom-Kippur.
I guess this is one of those times, when the military-intellegence guys relied too heavily on one intellegence asset (who was Nasser's In-Law I believe) and got bit for it.
Hey,
I submit that the Yom Kippur attack on Israel was dastardly, but don't make it seem as though it was unexpected. In the book "Eve of Destruction" by Howard Blum, which was composed using declassified Israeli documents (interestingly enough), there are a few interesting facts that come out:
1. King Hussein of Jordan, flew into meet Golda Meir (then PM of Israel) to warn her of an imminent attack. Golda simply humored the King based on advice from Moshe Dayan.
2. The Israeli's knew an attack was coming, they just thought (due to bad intel) it was coming a few hours later.
3. Apparently Moshe Dayan had an emotional breakdown during the early part of the war and reporters interviewing him, asked the PM not to let him on TV, cause his demenour would scare the public.
Anyways, after initial losses, the Israelis gave it to the Arabs but good. The Arabs were so pissed thier sneak attack didn't work, and that once again the Israeli's had defeated them on the land they drove the Christians out of, (who in turn drove the Jews out of, who in turn drove the Canaanites out of, and so on) that they blamed the US and placed the embargo.
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Initially the Isreali intel guys figured the Arabs would never be able to coordinate enough to take advantage of their numerical advantages.
But as Yom Kippur approached, the intel guys definitely knew something was up. They figured an attack was coming. They didnt know the hour. A double agent, who the Israeli's called "the in-law" told them it would be in the afternoon, when it was a few hours earlier.
I really still don't understand why Dayan told Meir to humor King Hussein, instead of listening to him. After all, she could have used the opportunity to call up the reserves, and it would have made them look even better, fewer Israeli casualties those first few days. And no-one would have to suffer through Dayans lament about the end of the third temple.
I guess Moshe Dayan figured he would scramble everyone after they were finished with the rites of Yom-Kippur.
I guess this is one of those times, when the military-intellegence guys relied too heavily on one intellegence asset (who was Nasser's In-Law I believe) and got bit for it.
1. King Hussein of Jordan, flew into meet Golda Meir (then PM of Israel) to warn her of an imminent attack. Golda simply humored the King based on advice from Moshe Dayan.
2. The Israeli's knew an attack was coming, they just thought (due to bad intel) it was coming a few hours later.
3. Apparently Moshe Dayan had an emotional breakdown during the early part of the war and reporters interviewing him, asked the PM not to let him on TV, cause his demenour would scare the public.
Anyways, after initial losses, the Israelis gave it to the Arabs but good. The Arabs were so pissed thier sneak attack didn't work, and that once again the Israeli's had defeated them on the land they drove the Christians out of, (who in turn drove the Jews out of, who in turn drove the Canaanites out of, and so on) that they blamed the US and placed the embargo.
I wonder if Zone Lab's Integrity would do the trick?