NUREDDIN AL-ATASSI

if they assist the Israelis. Just before the Six Day War, the Arab nations had reached the point where they were actually believing their own rhetoric regarding their military strength. Their grand delusion that they could defeat Israel easily and that Russia would militarily enter the conflict if the U. S. did, led them to severely miscalculate and provoke a disastrous and unnecessary war.

if they assist the Israelis. Just before the Six Day War, the Arab nations had reached the point where they were actually believing their own rhetoric regarding their military strength. Their grand delusion that they could defeat Israel easily and that Russia would militarily enter the conflict if the U. S. did, led them to severely miscalculate and provoke a disastrous and unnecessary war.