What should be crystal clear is that a desire to apportion blame, before taking the time to understand what really happened, is senseless. It may be intellectually satisfying to have a culprit, someone to hang the disaster on. And it certainly makes life simple. After all, why get into the fine print? It was clearly the fault of Israel/the crew/Egypt Control. What else needs saying? Instant blame often leads to what has been called a “circular firing squad.” This is where everyone is blaming everyone else.
