Folks, if you only read one thing today make it The Six Day War in real time.

If you have time for some related reading check out:

• A war that never ends. (H/T: John Hinderaker)
• The Six-Day War  (ditto)
• No Pyrrhic Victory

I was 17 in '67 with a newly acquired car and an even more newly acquired girlfriend, but one riddle from that summer still sticks in my mind:

Q: How do you tell an Israeli tank from an Arab tank?

A: Arab tanks have backup lights.

I also remember a rather tasteless joke about Israel taking over the Viet Nam War ... for cost plus 10%. Maybe we should have taken them up on it. Where is Moshe Dayan when the world needs him?

Contributed by Bill Faith on June 5, 2007 at 01:12 AM in Israel | Permalink

Comments

Posted by: Bookworm

Thank you so much for the kind words about my post on the Six Day War. I do think it is very helpful to see the then vs. now of media coverage about the conflict in the Middle East, and to reflect on the change in that coverage over 40 years.I think the change has less to do with the situation in the Middle East, and a whole lot to do with the change in the reporters' political outlooks.

Posted by: Bookworm | Jun 5, 2007 4:35:20 PM