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Naval commander's April Fools' stunt leaves him with egg on face
Yoav Zitun
Published: 02.04.12, 00:11
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1. Hmm...
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (04.02.12)
2. Court marshall
Efraim ,   Virginia   (04.02.12)
get rid of him
3.  judgment not good enough to be a Commander
bernard ross   (04.02.12)
4. Retire the old fool, he has seen better days.
Bunnie Meyer ,   Los Angeles, CA USA   (04.02.12)
5. Such stupidity
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (04.02.12)
There are several things that no officer should ever do and this is one of those.
6. LOL
Nick Sporek ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (04.02.12)
7. What a complete JERK....
judi   (04.02.12)
That is crossing the line!!
8. Don't know what to say ....
Marcel   (04.02.12)
9. We have Purim
Ethan Schwartz ,   Eilat   (04.02.12)
I don't know why we have to do Halloween, April fools or St Valentines day when we already have such holidays. Next we will start celebrating US Arbor day. It is standard in the IDF to make soldiers think they are going out to battle or an exercise so they will be ready to do so when it is real. That the "secret" was reveled is the problem that needs a solution.
10. Speaks volumne for the fast sinking Israeli professionalism
(04.02.12)
11. A joke is a joke............But
Vicky ,   Ashkelon Israel   (04.02.12)
I would seriously question the ability of the senior officers who disobeyed the instructions not to tell his men! An open mouth has caused more than 1 war.
12. Drills - Part of Readiness
Mark of Lewiston ,   USA   (04.02.12)
Drills are part of Navy readiness in all navies. This one revealed that many of the senior staff have loose lips and should have security clearances re-examined. Loose Lips Sink Ships True in WWII, still true today.
13. #2: Its Court Martial! Anf #4: Bunny: Old? He's 48!
David ,   Karmiel, Israel   (04.02.12)
At least he didn't send thousands of troops into a totally unjustified war for the sake of his own ego in which thousands were killed, like a certain Commander in Chief that we all remember! Actually, what is the diffidence between an April Fools prank and a training exercise? We are at war and we MUST be prepared for anything! That is the only way Israel has survived for almost 64 years! Of course, the main advice is from the armchair generals and admirals who sit in the USA whose Administration appeases the Arabs and will only act against Iran when Israel glows green! You want to criticism the get over here, face the enemy like we do every day otherwise deal with your own problems at home!
14. Ha, ha, April fool!
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.02.12)
Court martial this idiot's @$$.
15. lol, good one
jerusalem   (04.02.12)
16. Sense of humour
Boofi ,   Tel Aviv   (04.02.12)
If more people in this country had a sense of humour and took life a little less seriously we'd be a lot better off. ANyway with this government if you'd didn't laugh you'd be non stop crying!
17. April Fools jokes are supposed to be funny
Scott ,   Ramat Gan, Israel   (04.02.12)
This is no joke, this is just someone being a jerk. I don't think anyone was laughing about this. The IDF should replace him with someone more responsible & mature.
18. @ 13
Sheik rattle & roll ,   USA   (04.02.12)
Why don't you put pressure on your other Allies like the Russian, Chinese, Indians, Germans, British, French, Germans in regards to Iran. Why does it have to be the USA that comes to the aid of Israel. Isn't our VETO and $300,000,000 a month enough. You Israeli's are so ungrateful that it is pathetic. Also it is our right to choose who are friends are, it is our choice good or bad. Yes we have some Muslim enemies and we deal with them accordingly, however we do not brainwash our people to hate Arabs like Israeli's do.
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