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Originally Posted by S-2
Brigadier,
"I think you are mistaking my critique for a J'Acuse."
Not at all, sir. Your points are well-taken, if "...a bit rough...". 
Still, as you and I have both mentioned, the AARs are what really matter. External analysis by CSIS, Parameters, or the Washington Institute For Near-East Policy will simply have to suffice while the lessons-learned at the operational and tactical level are so relevant and sensitive. |
Israel had established itself as one of the best logistical supply armies in its previous wars. For such a small country to take over so much territory in such a short time it needs a flawless ferrying of supplies so as not to impede advance. the fact that supplies were short in the Lebanon war shows that the ground units places insides Lebanon were merely symbolic and small. Engineer and supply units were not deployed correctly and when they were deployed they were lacking in numbers. battalions like mine don't use regular supplies as we are essentially on our own once behind enemy lines and we are very adept at gathering our own supplies.
But you know what? Israel is lucky that this wasn't a major war, and Israel is also lucky to be sometimes to open a democracy in its post-war inquiry's in which everything will come out pubicly.