Druze

Look I hear your question but every nation calls up reserves in a major war. Every nation has a military standard that is modeled for its own needs. In Israel a reservist can be deployed from his office cubicle to the front in the same day so a reserve army is much more effective then often is the case. As Stan said in the Yom Kippur War soldiers didn't even wait for their call up, they simply drove up to the front and hopped in tanks and raced toward into the fighting very effectively. Down south in the Sinai the glory of the war was taken by Ariel Sharon's division which was a reserve division. The reserves have proven very effective for Israel. Holding three fronts as Israel has done in its major wars is one thing, but mustering counter offensives on those three fronts deep into enemy territory while securing ground taken in such large quantity as Israel has done takes a bigger military then Israel's active divisions can do.

Israel's last war with Lebanon was Israel's first war without a nationwide reserve call up. Only a fraction of the reserves were called up. Ground wasn't seized and secured so the objective of stopping rockets was not achieved.

Israel fought in Lebanon like the US fought in Vietnam when you look at how towns were taken and then units moved onto the next town without securing the one they were in. My unit had to fight in every town we took on the way back across the border. It was ludicrous.

You are a military man Engineer, so you know there is nothing more annoying then not having some crappy mop up units to laugh at on your way home and ask them how well they like cleaning up the mess you got to cause for them. War is nasty buisness and somebody needs to come in and clean it up after