More like Tom Clancy's description in the second paragraph of the prologue to "Sum Of All Fears"...
"However, the sheep found by the Syrian Army that grim October day were more like big-horned rams in autumn rut than the more docile kind found in pastoral verse."
Have the people of Israel changed that much since 1973? I doubt it!
Israel is a country mostly composed of desperate refugees, who either had to leave home for safety or wanted to leave something worse for something better. Kind of like the United States. This is why we need a careful immigration policy that admits those who want in the most, and keeps out those who just are looking for a handout. Otherwise we will breed out our warrior and adventure strains that make our military so strong.