IDF reservists: Our missions are unclear, our combat equipment is antiquat

[sabra]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/747356.html

IDF reservists: Our missions are unclear, our combat equipment is antiquated

Reserve soldiers are returning from fighting in south Lebanon with harsh criticisms of their operational preparedness and the combat equipment with which they had been supplied.

After three days of combat in south Lebanon, infantry soldiers from the Israel Defense Force's reserve Carmeli Battalion returned Sunday to Israel.

A., a young reservist who spent his mandatory service in the Golani Brigade during the second intifada, said, "For two days, we barely made any progress. The soldiers simply don't really know what the mission is. You are mostly kept busy with protecting yourself."

Interviews with the battalion's soldiers revealed a picture of complicated fighting under heavy Hezbollah fire in which the soldiers know very little of their mission.

[Drum]

1. Sounds as if

the US is not only supplying bombs but also battle plans too....

:(

[bemildred]

5. Dumbsdeldtian doctrine does seem to have metastasized into the IDF.

Somewhat anyway. Halutz is a perfect example of the disease.

[sarge43]

2. Same old song, different verse

Just a little bit louder and a little bit worse.

[pooja]

3. sounds great.. just go in show your guns and they'll surrender

yeah, its been working so well all over the ME.

[wakeme2008]

4. Just like the NG equipment Bush sent to Iraq

:shrug:

[Purveyor]

6. Of course you know what this means. More US taxpayer $$$

to remedy this 'situation'.

The next foreign aid budget will be interesting for sure.

[riverwalker]

7. "during the second intifada"

Translation: Fighting Hezbolla is not like sniping from rooftops at 6 year olds throwing rocks in an enclosed refugee compound.

[Ghost Dog]

9. Indeed. See MUST-SEE VIDEO here:

VIDEO (1h20m): Peace, Propaganda & The Promised Land (2003) - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7828123714384920696

[keta11]

8. Why does the liberal media hate Israel!! n/t

[hadrons]

10. sounds like Dumfeld all over again