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Judith Weiss also recommends this story at Front Page

http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=23738

Israeli Leaders Still Not Sure They’re At War

By Michael Widlanski

Most wartime leaders look for 'an exit strategy,' but in the case of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, many Israelis are wondering if there is an "entry strategy" ...

[lilylangtree]

Good Lord! An internal crisis NOW? Remember the old adage: "United we stand Divided we fall!"

[Names Ash Housewares]

A swifter victory to the war on terror depends much on a true victory by Isreal. But I sure dont want to see democracy sacrificed to achieve that goal.

[tdewey10]

I don't know what is up with Olmert.

[Uncle Miltie]

"This plan was supposed to have begun with a surprise air onslaught against the Hezbollah high command in Beirut, before they would have had time to relocate to their underground bunkers. This was to have been followed immediately by large scale airborne and seaborne landing operations, in order to get several divisions on the Litani River line, enabling them to outflank Hezbollah's "Maginot line" in southern Lebanon."

Even arm-chair generals were wondering why they didn't do this. Now we know: Politicians.

[chichilarue]

This makes me more mad than ever at this moron coward Olmert. Bush is trying to fight the same way in Iraq though.

[gondramB]

Woah...we need a reality check check here - are they really suggesting the Israeli military might overthrow the Israeli civilian government because of the way a military operation is going (or for any other reason)?!

I have a hard time believing this... I'm not saying its false but we need to be skeptical.

[GeronL]

goodness. They think they can pretend to have a coup and that would make the Arabs like them?

[gondramB]

Also you seem to have changed the title... this is the original title...

>>
Analysis: Government and IDF racked by unprecedented leadership crisis<<

[FastCoyote]

Seems like a tinfoil hat article - except it seems to fit the facts pretty closely.

[Gordongekko909]

This was exactly what the IDF senior command wanted, as Israeli military doctrine, based on the Wehrmacht's blitzkrieg doctrine, has traditionally been one of rapid mobile warfare, designed to surprise and outflank an enemy.

Ha ha. The blitzkrieg was a revival of the Napoleonic cavalry charge, which was itself based on the millenia-old military doctrine of "divide and conquer." Basically, you break through the enemy's lines and the result is a win.

Even the ancient Greeks understood that once your line breaks, it's over. Once a phalanx line broke, the broken side immediately surrendered, because the conclusion was foregone from there. Therefore, use a strategy that will break the enemy's lines: mass at a weak point and break through. Shock and Awe is based on the same principle, but more in terms of disrupting command and control than actually breaking a front.

Saying that it's based on blitzkrieg alone is... suspicious.

[HaveHadEnough]

I don't believe it. The Israelis are united in this war.

[prophetic]

as I said some months ago "Olmert is to Israel what Jimmy 'Peanut Brain' Carter is to America".

Israel deserves much better leadership than this wimp and he'd better shape up FAST or else!!!

I saw this coming a long time ago!

[BelegStrongbow]

I'm no expert on the situation ,but isn't this push-reporting, the effort to get people to agree something possible is in fact true?

Talk about signalling to the military to overthrow the government...I'm really not sure this guy isn't just a traitor, pretending to be an 'insider'.

[b4its2late]

I don't like this one bit either - Israel puts ground offensive on hold

[Brilliant]

Olmert definitely did screw up. Even I could see that on the first day of the war with Hezbollah, and I've never been in the military.

He should have bombed for a couple of days, and then immediately sent in the troops. He waited too long.

[The Sons of Liberty]

From the beginning Israel has been fighting this war "half way". They have not shown the strong united national will that is necessary. They act like they can't decide whether they want to fight or not. The strategy of making incursions into Lebanon and then pulling back has worked as well as the US strategy in Vietnam, when we would fight pitched battles for villages only to pull out and give the ground back to the vietcong. The result of their indecisiveness has been more casualties.

If they want to get rid of Olmert, all they have to do is convince the Cabinet to levy a vote of no confidence.

[Thrusher]

This plan was supposed to have begun with a surprise air onslaught against the Hezbollah high command in Beirut, before they would have had time to relocate to their underground bunkers. This was to have been followed immediately by large scale airborne and seaborne landing operations, in order to get several divisions on the Litani River line, enabling them to outflank Hezbollah's "Maginot line" in southern Lebanon. This would have surprised Hezbollah, which would have had to come out of its fortifications and confront the IDF in the open, in order to avoid being isolated, hunted down and eventually starved into a humiliating submission.

I love this plan.

[BamaBoy45]

Politicians and Generals do not usually make good bed fellows.. unfortunately, when it comes to Israel, that is not an allowance they can afford. Radicals only understand one thing.. DEFEAT! Israel is in a fight for its life and must do whatever is needed to secure victory.

[TomasUSMC]

They need to do what has to be done. Stop a nuclear Iran from nuking Israel into oblivion NEXT YEAR. There is no time left KGC warfighting.

[aynrandfreak]

It is almost time for Bibi to become the Churchill of Israel.