They're more enrgy efficient!

Behind the plasma's like cowards. A commander should be in the ditches with his troops so that he is able to feel the battlefield with his senses and not through a camera. Long gone are the days of mandatory paratrooper and physical combat training for all commanders. A shame but every day it seems this military is destined for more failure. Where are the Moshe Dayan's of today?

even though Halutz was a deficient chief of the general staff the training shortfalls in the reserves started much earlier and were certainly there under Yaalons tenure. Second, you don't have to be George Patton ( who spent a lot of time at the front by the way ) to realze that there is no substitute for seeing the situation first hand. If the top leadership can't be bothered with being with their men. Then perhaps the leadership sould be replaced.

Mofaz and Yaalon are at least as responsible for what happened to the IDF as Halutz, if not more. Yaalon may be smart about many things but he's wrong about this.

the men need to see their commander near them when they risk their lives.. if he cannot have an overall view of the battle then too bad.he must be with the men.

What this retired gentleman does not seem to be able to take into account is the power of a psychological effect called "motivation". If the commander sits behind his screen, his soldiers will feel abandoned, sacrificed and put into danger by a priviledged and will seek to obtain the same for themselves: To stay out of danger. If the objective of an army is not to get hurt, it will lose.

Bill Pearlman is exactly right about Patton, who said (among many other wonderful quotes), "The more senior the officer, the more time he has to go to the front." And also, "An army is like a piece of cooked spaghetti. You can't push it, you have to pull it after you." And he said, "Inspiration does not come via coded messages, but by visible personality."

I also think believe Patton said "its good for the mens morale to see a general killed every now and then". I think the IDF"S junio officers are has good as they ever were. But if Yaalons attitude is an example of what's going on at that top then there is something really wrong going on here. The officers have to see the situation first hand, and the men have to see them. It's the only way.

We had enough comanders in the field to boost our morale.Why is it that all of these critics seem so distant from the subject.Before you give advice,maybe check to see if you know enough about what is being spoken about.Plasma screens or not,we all turned up to get the job done.And we did!

Behind plasma screens?. No problem, but locate them near the battlefield!. Wireless is simple and cheap.

Everywhere one looks, from the Knesset to IDF commanders, it's a sad picture. Very ominous for the future.

You don't know what you're talking about. The battlefield of today extends from the absolute rear to the extended front, and has no wings (except for natural obstacles). Thus, the commander has to see it as a whole at all times.