And this is what I promised the attorney general: My home contains no classified documents; I emerged naked from 33 years of participation in every security forum. But my head is full of memories, for which you can't indict me, or maybe you can. "The dead, did they have time to lick their wounds? Do they remember who killed them?" (Wislawa Szymborska ). It's not the dead who will remember, it's the...
- By Ruben Siedner
- 09 Jun 2012
- 10:06AM
Two main factors must be taken into consideration: (1) The dazzling victory and euphoria after the Six Days War and the following 'decadence' of moral values and democracy in Israel. (2) Golda Meir's failure to evacuate the Bar-Lev line thus sacrifying thousands of young soldiers' lives. Churchill taught a different, more responsible lesson when he quit Dunkerque!
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