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1. Nothing new here...
Abdel Karim Salim , |
Jerusalem |
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(10.29.12) |
From the very beginning we suspected the whole Yom Kippur War was a pre-arranged game to be fought on a very limited scale- with the prior approval of the USA, Soviet Union , Egypt , Syria, and Israel - as a prelude to a final ,peaceful settlement ,at least between Egypt and Israel . In April that year Newsweek magazine published an interview with then Egyptian president Sadat in which he affirmed and confirmed he was going to war against Israel while, on the other hand , making clear he
( Sadat ) would continue putting up efforts diplomatically to achieve a final peace agreement with Israel . Ironically, and surprisingly ,that issue of Newsweek shed light on Egypt's war plans thus : " Egyptian armed forces would cross the Suez Canal and hold on to a narrow beachend until the UN Security Council convened to call for a ceasefire .. " . Israel's only big surprise in that war was that the blow it received was much stronger than it expected . Furthermore, other informed sources claimed that David Eleazar took all the blame for the war's outcome simply because he did not have any political support in the Knesset as opposed to Moshe Dayan ( defense minister ) and Golda Meir ( premier ) who were members of the prevailing Labor Party .
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2. Continues to amaze.
Michael , |
California, USA |
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(10.29.12) |
David Elazar (DE) had so much responsibility, it is amazing. Did he take it upon himself or is it like this by the definition of the military rank he carried?
Way too much responsibility and decision making power for one man to carry, enough to break anybody. Well, Stalin took upon himself even more responsibility and didn't collapse, but then Stalin was an acting emperor during the Great War, while DE was not an acting emperor during the Yom Kippur war. Why wasn't the responsibility shared by DE with other generals, or did Moshe Dayan just sneak out of it leaving DE with the everlasting guilt?
I am sure many conclusions were derived and lessons learned, and changes implemented since 1973, but it is not an assurance the balagan will not come back during critical days that lie ahead.
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3. Looking but not seeing.....
David , |
Hartford USA |
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(10.29.12) |
There was enough blame to go around for everyone. Failures happened at every level. To much trust was put into the opinions of people too far removed from the operational theaters. We can only hope that Israel is better prepared and on constant vigil- since any new attack will come in the form of hundreds (if not thousands) of missiles and rockets that will only takes minutes to arrive. Since Iron Dome cannot guard against that size of an attack, Israel should make it perfectly clear that any attack will bring horrible destruction to the attacker's civilian population centers.
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4. (#1): read the article for once and then post a comment
the good abdel karim |
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(10.29.12) |
and make references to Stalin in your email
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The guiltiness lies on the Israeli intelligence that could not predicted the Egypt progression on time.
this is unfair to blame the chief of staff, that merely commands on the army do the cabinet decisions.
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