Interesting Thesis

Submitted by David Fine (United States), May 29, 2007 at 12:54

I recently attended a screening at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival of a new documentary on the six-day war and was struck by the fact that President Nasser's aggressive actions were triggered by Soviet intelligence reports of an imminent attack by Israel (on Syria, I believe).

As I recall, the film stated that Nasser sought confirmation from the Soviets that an Israeli attack was, indeed, in the works (which the Soviets again confimred). After viewing the film, I was left wondering how the Soviets had gotten it so wrong, since, as far as I know, Israel was not planning any such attack.

This new book certainly suggests one explanation - namely, that such Soviet "disinformation" was part of a larger plan being orchestrated by Moscow. Has anyone ever offered a better explanation for these incorrect Soviet intelligence reports?

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