likud has no of less than competent minnisters past and present including olmert, livni, erdan, shalom, shteinitz among others. 2006 was a difficult war as the idf was poorly led by a dumb choice halutz who was a fishout of water. worse was the ignoramuses who led the political class olmert and livni who had no idea of how to fight, zero and certainly no idea of how to counterattack and change strategy mid course. There were few generals talking about changing course during the war and when kaplinski came in, he didn't do much. I recall yaalon offering help but arrogant olmert refused. What bothered me about hirsh were his utterances- changing the consicousness of the enemy- absurd statements also uttered by halutz. First you analyse the problem, hezbollah dug in well with antitank weapons, ieds,hiding among civilians, and having their troops concentrated in several directions to be able to ambush incoming idf troops which is exactly what happened when olmert dribbled in too few. Then, the idf has to fight asymmetrically, usig big rockets to smash one block of buildings at a time after dropping fliers, and then fighting dirty, using gas to anesthetize the enemy, locals, and robots. \then you sent in the idf. This was not done with the result being at best a draw. Hirsh did not distinguish himself. So for eldan to pick him proves my point that he is not a capable minister. Bibi should have rejected his nominee if he had any guts which he lacks.

-fore(lack of training of his troops). Is this a qualification for Police Chief post ? No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!