1967 war

I have been preoccupied as of late (OK, since 1967 when I was 7) with the 1967 war. I am furious that Arab countries waited for Israel to strike instead of striking first. So I asked 2 weeks ago, Sami Sharaf (Nasser's senior adviser). He suggested that I read the section on 67 in his memoirs, and then we can discuss: so I finished the 600 pages of the first volume of his memoirs. Sharaf is an honest and sincere man who tells it as it is: without any self-serving accounts. It it an essential reading on the era and must be read because it brings into perspective accounts and opinions that are lacking from Western chronicles of the war especially that lousy one-sided volume by Israeli soldier, Michael Oren. My conclusion: `Abdul-Hakim `Amir should have been fired and put on trial as far back as 1956. I will say more about the book later.