Comments on: The Golan Heights: A Negotiable Issue?

By: Kieran

Kieran — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:24:46 +0000

When are you people going to see the folly of your racist ways? Until you deal with the apartheid premise that the state of Israel is built upon and start respecting your neighbors then you are doomed. Alternatively why don’t you sod off back to Golders Green or Florida (or wherever you have your second homes) and live like normal people?

By: Ed Gordon

Ed Gordon — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 05:54:24 +0000

OOPS! Sorry about this, my comments got posted after the wrong article - should have been following the letter written on behalf of Gen. Dan Halutz.

E.G.

By: Ed Gordon

Ed Gordon — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 05:51:31 +0000

OK,

Let’s assume everything is true in this letter regarding Gen. Haluz’s Character. Even the Stock sale transtaction is excusable (most of us would have done the same thing is a simiar circumstance).

It still, however doesn’t take cae of the matter as most countries do not place an air force commander in the position of presiding over all ground forces as well. Tactical field maneuvering is a bit different than flying combat sorties. And what happened to the reserve soldiers (miluimnikim) is COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE! If this is the scenario in future comflicts, then these men will think twice - even thrice - before answering the call to duty.

Halutz may have an ‘open door’, but it appears to be for fly boys only, and not field troopers. As an ancient Roman poet once wrote: “Tell me the tale of the foot soldier, and I will tell you the tale of all wars”. Another saying, I believe by a famous British General during the wars against Napoleon: “an army travels on it’s stomach” (meaning that without proper rations, the troops can’t fight properly).

Those sayings are just as relavant today as they were then.