Set up a defensive posture to attack from?
Right.
read somewhere else---there is nothing "defensive" about the Egyptian stance. May 1967---I had just completed FINALS---and was so primed for MEMORY-
having ACED all of my courses (even calculus---I assert wondering how da
hell I did it-----it was such a killer course that out of 60 who started
----only five survived I IS A SURVIOR !!!!!. ---anyway---there I was---a very
hot May---no summer job yet----I was watching TV all day in the cool---albeit
humid, basement. ALL DAY---CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST---the UN general
Assembly in session EVERY DAY. I listened with my mind STILL IN GEAR---
I remember it well. HAPPY SMILING ARAB and other muslim DIPLOMATS
were being interviewed (for some reason? they wore sunglasses and some
had arab rags on their heads) They were SO HAPPY!!! because Israel was
about to be ANNHILATED ahamdulillah Nasser's speeches were also
televised------THE END OF THE ZIONIST ENTITY. ----every day---they---
things progressed and June 1 came around--a minor mutual skirmish--
hundreds of Russian war Tanks lined up on the border---Russian military
experts IN THE FIELD----NASSER shut down THE STRAIT OF TIRAN ---which
all but rendered Israel land locked except for the port of Haifa up north----
----more threats---more BROADLY smiling arabs and other muslim diplomats. June 1---WAR ----the rest is history---by June 3 ---suddenly the arab and
other muslim diplomats stopped smiling............sorry cyber muzzies----it
was EGYPTIAN AGGRESSION followed by a desperate rounding up of the
BAATHIST PIGS OF THE UAR (anybody out there remember "UAR"?)
Another victim was KING HUSSEIN (father of King Abdullah) He really
did not want it---but he got it anyway for his friend---the camel ABDEL