It was not a mistake by us - we were protecting our own troops who were under heavy attack. A head on attack across open ground against a dug-in force with air superiority, artillery, and close air support is a bad idea.
Despite the fact that we are even more deployed now than we were then, there has not been another incident. They learned that lesson the hard way!
I don’t think we made that mistake either. I think the Times only told part of the story. If they took all that time to get the story done, they should have known all the facts. They didn’t exactly say the Americans neglected to warn the would-be attackers, they simply didn’t mention it, and only mentioned the warnings to the Russians themselves. Surely they have contacts in Israel who would have told them everything. Most likely: the Times lied by omission.
That’s my story, but I’m not sticking to it. I’ll be glad to consider any further facts.