That Syrian incursion: Oh Debka, Debka…
It is never late to admit that I have been wrong. And I have been wrong in siding with Debka (for a change) in this post.
Today the military censor allowed the following formula to be released:
…the Israel Air Force carried out an air strike against a target deep in Syrian territory on September 6th.
Which puts the version presented by Debka where it belongs - in the garbage bin. Which teaches me a lesson - never quote Debka unless in a post belonging to the series titled Oh Debka, Debka…
Cross-posted on SimplyJews.
October 3rd, 2007 at 3:42 am
I just can’t follow you. The Debka report talks about Russian weapons which might have been “tested” by Israeli airplanes. Meantime it is reported, that Russian technicians have entered Syria maybe to improve their weaponry.
So where ist the point? I agree that Debka has to be read with some distance. But for my feeling you exaggerate quite a bit.
October 3rd, 2007 at 8:05 am
The point is that this Debka article, like tens (if not hundreds) before it, went very wide off the mark. It presented dealing with anti-aircraft defenses as the sole point of the exercise, which is simply wrong.
If you are Debka follower, you couldn’t have missed other multiple cases of false prophecy. It is just their hobby, apparently.
October 4th, 2007 at 6:44 am
So was the report wrong? Certainly not. The Israelis - as far I understand - tested ALSO the Russian weaponry.
You should not forget that in these days there had been a lot of “news” about this story. Don’t you think the that a lot of daily newspaper articles are full of speculations?
I agree that Debka reports have to be handled extremely carefully. I know this, of course, but nevertheless I am glad that there is Debka.