What is Wrong with the Israeli Government and Army
This post will not discuss any spiritual values. In this post I will explain what is wrong with the current Israeli government from political and military points of view only. And I post it based on my belief that dissenting is the highest form of patriotism.
When the state of Israel was young and both the politicians and generals were giants. They sought to maintain that greatness in future generations.
The Ministry of Defense had and still have a publishing house that would seek and publish the most important works on military history, strategy and so on. The officers in the IDF were required to buy such books and hopefully read them. Through these books I was introduced to the great military philosophers such as Liddell-Hart, Sun-Tzu and others. I learned about the campaigns of Ganges Khan and other military giants. I also learned about rigid minds as Von Clausewitz and Moltke and how their students brought Germany to its knees in WWI. And I learned how Goering promised Hitler that he could defeat Great Britain with the Air Force alone, without ground forces. The IDF officers were supposed to do the same, seek the truth, learn from previous wars, know the enemy and prepare for war as a vehicle for peace.
This ethos of learning from these great minds, analyze previous wars, analyze the enemy and preparing for the next war rather then to the previous one, this ethos was lost in the last so many years. The brilliant top brass of 1967 and 1963 gave way to mediocre people and their yes-men cronies. An d the great politicians statesmen gave way to this sorry character of Olmert.
There is one theme that the brightest and most successful among these military philosophers emphasize, especially in democracies; the political level may not let the army do whatever they want. The Israeli government committed the first mistake by forgetting this particular point. The second point was of course, the fact that they believed that Air warfare campaign would be enough and the third mistake was that they downplayed their enemy.
They should have known from previous conflicts with the Hezbollah that this is not going to fly.
I remember vividly, how several years ago an Israeli general whined that the Hezbollah are cowards and do not fight as an army but as a guerrilla and thus he may not really win against them. Now, would the IDF top brass be worth their breath, they should have learned the enemy and find ways to fight against them in a wining way. But no, the Israeli top brass look more like the rigid German generals of WWI then the Israeli generals of 1967.
And the Israeli politicians of today look like dwarfs even comparing to those politicians who brought upon us the disaster of 1973.
It is the whole concept of their operation that is wrong and these people are too rigid to change their concepts. The top Israeli politicians and the top of the IDF brass must go, disappear into the history as a bad dream and give place to better people, better politicians and better generals.
Don't underestimate the enemy, they do the same analysis as I do and they will prepare for the next war based on these parameters. If we want to win, we must change these parameters now.
When the state of Israel was young and both the politicians and generals were giants. They sought to maintain that greatness in future generations.
The Ministry of Defense had and still have a publishing house that would seek and publish the most important works on military history, strategy and so on. The officers in the IDF were required to buy such books and hopefully read them. Through these books I was introduced to the great military philosophers such as Liddell-Hart, Sun-Tzu and others. I learned about the campaigns of Ganges Khan and other military giants. I also learned about rigid minds as Von Clausewitz and Moltke and how their students brought Germany to its knees in WWI. And I learned how Goering promised Hitler that he could defeat Great Britain with the Air Force alone, without ground forces. The IDF officers were supposed to do the same, seek the truth, learn from previous wars, know the enemy and prepare for war as a vehicle for peace.
This ethos of learning from these great minds, analyze previous wars, analyze the enemy and preparing for the next war rather then to the previous one, this ethos was lost in the last so many years. The brilliant top brass of 1967 and 1963 gave way to mediocre people and their yes-men cronies. An d the great politicians statesmen gave way to this sorry character of Olmert.
There is one theme that the brightest and most successful among these military philosophers emphasize, especially in democracies; the political level may not let the army do whatever they want. The Israeli government committed the first mistake by forgetting this particular point. The second point was of course, the fact that they believed that Air warfare campaign would be enough and the third mistake was that they downplayed their enemy.
They should have known from previous conflicts with the Hezbollah that this is not going to fly.
I remember vividly, how several years ago an Israeli general whined that the Hezbollah are cowards and do not fight as an army but as a guerrilla and thus he may not really win against them. Now, would the IDF top brass be worth their breath, they should have learned the enemy and find ways to fight against them in a wining way. But no, the Israeli top brass look more like the rigid German generals of WWI then the Israeli generals of 1967.
And the Israeli politicians of today look like dwarfs even comparing to those politicians who brought upon us the disaster of 1973.
It is the whole concept of their operation that is wrong and these people are too rigid to change their concepts. The top Israeli politicians and the top of the IDF brass must go, disappear into the history as a bad dream and give place to better people, better politicians and better generals.
Don't underestimate the enemy, they do the same analysis as I do and they will prepare for the next war based on these parameters. If we want to win, we must change these parameters now.
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