this whole event smells like a hooligan drive-by and not a planned military operation, too many dirty tricks

That's what war is about. (acting strategic)

That's how Hitler was initially so military successful.

Act hard, ruthless and be done before the (main) enemy realizes what hit their ally.

EDIT: Not saying it's ethical to do so.

I get it, I'm not naive.. I'm saying it looks dirty as in dumb/reckless, not efficient. But I may be wrong.

Do what the enemy thinks you are too smart to do.

Dirty tricks? In war? Unheard of.

Really? To me it seems very well planned, but with tons of disinformation to make potential opponents hesitate to act as much as possible.