Posted on 08/09/2006 12:07:41 AM PDT by garbageseeker
Five days into the 1973 Yom Kippur War, chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. David "Dado" Elazar decided to replace OC Southern Command Maj.-Gen. Shmuel "Gorodish" Gonen with former chief of General Staff Haim Bar-Lev. The decision was reported to have been made as a result of Gonen's poor response to the Egyptian attack and his actions in the first days of fighting.
OC Northern Command Maj.-Gen. Udi Adam has not been dismissed from his position and was told Tuesday that he would continue directing the current war in Lebanon. Nonetheless, Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz's decision to appoint his own deputy, Maj.-Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky, as his personal representative in the Northern Command for the duration of the war brought back memories of the Gorodish affair for many officers. Adam, unlike Gorodish, is keeping his post, but from now on comes under Kaplinsky's careful watch.
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CNN's worried comment last night was that this presaged a wider ground offensive into Lebanon by Israel. They can't wait for the UN to take over and make things all better.
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