What’s this? The war was incompetently handled?! Who could have guessed? [quote=“Israel’s chief of staff resigns”]
Israel’s Chief of Staff Lt Gen Dan Halutz has resigned amid inquiries into the conflict with Hezbollah last summer, the military has said.
Gen Halutz told PM Ehud Olmert he was quitting “as investigations have run their course”, Reuters news agency quoted an army spokeswoman as saying.
Several internal inquiries are being conducted into the government and the army’s handling of the 34-day conflict.
[b]The military was widely criticised for failing to achieve its war aims.
Israel attacked the Lebanon-based Hezbollah after the group captured two Israeli soldiers and killed eight others in a cross-border raid last July.
But Israel failed to free the soldiers or soundly defeat Hezbollah before a ceasefire ended the fighting in August.
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The Israeli army lost 116 soldiers. Forty-three Israeli civilians were also killed by more than 4,000 Hezbollah rocket attacks.
About 1,000 Lebanese were killed in the conflict, mostly civilians in Israel’s vast bombardment of the county and land invasion in the south. [/quote]
Wait a sec… what’s that part in bold say? Israel failed to defeat Hezbollah and failed to free its soldiers? So close to 1500 people died, for nothing? And… didn’t I read, just a few weeks ago…those soldiers are still being held, there’s deal in the works involving Egypt… it’ll cost Israel a few hundred prisoners released (and a whole lot of face) to get their guys back. Is that right?
Gee, why’s it taken so long for this guy to resign?
Why’s he the only one?