Many Israeli combat soldiers take a pretty dim view of their superiors and elected leaders
August 14, 2006, 10:20 PM (GMT+02:00)
Their views were freely expressed as the first groups exited Lebanon Monday with great relief after a ceasefire went into force
DEBKAfile summarizes some of their comments:
- The rear command did not know what was going on in the field.
- Some of their orders were suicidal. There were cases of officers and men agreeing to ignore such orders.
- Some of the tanks were ten years old and were confronted with an enemy armed with the most sophisticated, up-to-date equipment.
- Our training prior to being sent into battle was not adapted to the conditions we found in Lebanon.
- Their officers called Hizballah fighters terrorists or even primitive. This was a misleading misnomer. They are highly-trained, professional soldiers.
- Although we were better, Hizballah fought like lions.
- We had no food or water.
- Our entry into battle in Lebanon was belated.
- The troops were short of accurate intelligence.
- We were not prepared for combat against camouflaged bunkers.
- We had no information on the Hizballah’s anti-tank missile techniques.
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