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Druze · 05-31-2007, 12:00 PM

There is some blame on military brass as well. The army is by no means guilt free of this epiosde nor should they be. The brass needs to handle an idiot like Peretz with kid gloves and send him on his way with what they tell him if they see he is that incompetent. Also soldiers need to be a bit less pampered in their reserve obligations if you are to have a fantastic citizen army as Israel has a reputation for having.

In the last 6 months reservists are staying for as much as 45 days at a time and enudring much more rigorous training then ever before. More soldiers are now enquiring about different combat units before their draft time comes. Interest in the army in Israel has regrown since the war and the soldiers are doing their part.
I wanted the report to focus much more on the relationship between the army and the IAF then it did but I'll live with the results.

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Druze Regular Join Date: 04-23-07 Posts: 90	There is some blame on military brass as well. The army is by no means guilt free of this epiosde nor should they be. The brass needs to handle an idiot like Peretz with kid gloves and send him on his way with what they tell him if they see he is that incompetent. Also soldiers need to be a bit less pampered in their reserve obligations if you are to have a fantastic citizen army as Israel has a reputation for having. In the last 6 months reservists are staying for as much as 45 days at a time and enudring much more rigorous training then ever before. More soldiers are now enquiring about different combat units before their draft time comes. Interest in the army in Israel has regrown since the war and the soldiers are doing their part. I wanted the report to focus much more on the relationship between the army and the IAF then it did but I'll live with the results.