The new IDF broom
There's an excellent Jersusalem Post piece about Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, the Israeli Chief of the General Staff:
With Iran racing toward nuclear power, Hizbullah amassing weapons and on its way to taking over Lebanon and the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip barely holding together, Ashkenazi has plenty of challenges for the upcoming year.
Brought out of retirement to replace Halutz following the war, the Golani Brigade-bred Ashkenazi was pegged as the only officer around who could properly rehabilitate the IDF and return it to its former glory. To do so, however, he embarked on a mission characterized by an obsession to know everything that is happening in the IDF, all the way down to the last soldier, raising some ire that he is ignoring long-term strategic planning.
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October 3rd, 2008 6:42pmBut as Nasrallah says "the era of defeats is over"
The Truth Hurts
October 3rd, 2008 11:03pm"The IDF and..... its former glory"
quoted to us by Stephen Pollard
I suppose the Jerusalem Post is referring to those heady days when the IDF conquered the Golan Heights, the West Bank, the Sheeba farms and Gaza.
I wonder if the subsequent mistreatment and humiliation of the inhabitants by the IDF is included in the former glory.
Adam B.
October 6th, 2008 12:34am"Truth hurts" who is an antisemite, (read his disgusting posts on Melanie Phillips' thread wishing people a Happy Jewish New Year - I mean, how dare she!) is concerned about human rights. I wonder if he's concerned about the rights of women and minorities in Arab societies, and specifically the apartheid applied against Jews. By the way, Mr "truth", Israel captured those areas after the surrounding nations launched a war of extermination against the Jews in Israel. Sorry you're so upset the Jews didn't lay down and die this time. You're so transparent!
Adam B.
October 6th, 2008 12:35amI take it, "truth" hurts, that you're as upset about the Germans of Prussia who are now "occupied" by Poland? If not, why not?