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2025-11-24 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Host of senior officers including ex-IDF intel chief and Air Force chief dismissed, censured over Oct. 7 failures

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Posted by trailing wife 2025-11-24 2025-11-24 00:56|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1797 views ] Top
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1 Oct 7 happened because everybody (in Israel) thought Arabs realize that'll happen to them afterwards. In short, that they're sane.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-11-24 03:16|| 2025-11-24 03:16|| Front Page Top

2 Times of Israel - ‘Lulled to sleep’: Ex-IDF chief Halevi describes lead-up to Oct. 7 in leaked audio

BLUF: "It was a mistake to let Hamas run Gaza,” Halevi told the families, admitting that the policy of allowing the group to manage civilian life in the Strip and receive funding from abroad — a policy employed by successive governments — was a strategic misjudgment.

A similar "mistake" is taking place in the UK and right here in our larger cities.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-11-24 04:04|| 2025-11-24 04:04|| Front Page Top

3 Unlike the American military in which f*ups are not held accountable.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-11-24 06:43|| 2025-11-24 06:43|| Front Page Top

4 High-five to p2k for mentioning the "f*up-move up" practice.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-11-24 08:07|| 2025-11-24 08:07|| Front Page Top

5 also agree w Procopius

however, in the US, a lot of non uniformed personnel get very involved in decisions, e.g., the messed up process of leaving afghanistan and they should (but probably won't) be held accountable also

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-11-24 09:59|| 2025-11-24 09:59|| Front Page Top

6 'Peter Principle' writ large.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-11-24 10:49|| 2025-11-24 10:49|| Front Page Top

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