[Our man in washington]

If we had a draft in this country and only lost 25 percent due to criminality, health problems, and various dodging schemes, I’d say we would be doing better than expected.

[Godwin1]

If this story is true, this may be the beginning of the end for Israel. Twenty-five percent is a huge ratio of malingerers for a tiny country surrounded by numerically superior implacable foes bent on genocide. Israel's survival has been based on three legs: technological superiority, fighting spirit, and the strategic support of the USA. Of the three, the fighting spirit was perhaps the most important. As the OBAMA/Ellison/Reid/Durbin wing of the Democratic Party appears poised to take power, the unqualified American strategic support is no longer guaranteed. Indeed, a United States led by appeasers, pacifists, and defeatists will hardly be able to help itself, let alone Israel. The Israeli technological edge may be disappearing as the Chinese and some Europeans eagerly arm the Iranians.