Marking it for later reading.
Gee, that really turned out well for the Soviets, didn’t it!
Very interesting. I was always curious about the apparent “confusion” in the Soviet political ranks that helped instigate the war.
It’s certainly plausible.
Yes, and good work, David.
The Kremlin was and is a sponsor of terror and other anti Western evils.
Of course they did. Oi...
At the same time, and unknown to the Israelis, the Soviet Union mounted a disinformation campaign pushing Egypt to join Syria against Israel. At that time, the Soviets were providing military and economic aid to both Syria and Egypt. On May 13, 1967 a Soviet parliamentary delegation visited Cairo and informed the Egyptian leaders that Israel had concentrated eleven to thirteen brigades along the Syrian border in preparation for an assault within a few days, with the intention of overthrowing the revolutionary Syrian Government. This was a complete fabrication designed by the Soviets to destabilize the Middle East. Similar false information may have been given to Egypt by the Soviets as early as May 2.
The build up and aggressive intent were denied by Israel. UN Secretary General U Thant reported that UNTSO observers on the Syrian border:
... have verified the absence of troop concentrations and absence of noteworthy military movements on both sides of the [Syrian] line.
Nasser probably correctly interpreted the Soviet information as an indication to him that the time was ripe for an attack on Israel and that he had their backing. With the United States deeply distracted by the War in Vietnam, the Soviets had reason to think there would be no US intervention.
Had the MiG-25 even been deployed at the time of the 6 day war? I know the prototypes pre-date that, but I don't think it was in service by that point.
So at this point, I'm not sure I'm ready to swallow his theories.
So, that plan worked well.
‘Soviets engineered Six Day War’
And they lost it.
Bigtime.
And have been angry ever since.
LOL
I thought it was already known that the Soviets gave the Egyptians false info of a planned Israeli attack. Egypt put its forces on alert, and Israel then attacked rather than let Egypt strike first.
Ping
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Maybe it’s true, maybe it isnn’t but the fact remains Russia never really stopped it’s support of Islamic regimes bent on Israel and the USA’s destruction. In fact, in the last few years they have accelerated it, putting Iran very close to full nuclear capability. China assisted North Korea in their ballistic missle program also going now to Iran. Russia and China are enemies and are pushing for global hedgemony. Iran and North Korea are useful pets to take the blame for a nuclear terrorist attack that will cripple our country and disrupt our flow of oil. When that occurs, I have no doubt China and Russia will then make their moves.