Monday, August 28, 2006
8/28/2006 10:34:00 PM | 
Posted by
JoeSettler
Caught this from the Muqata, originally posted on Gateway Pundit
Two videos showing, nothing less than UN complicity in Arab terrorism. Go Kof Go.
Two videos showing, nothing less than UN complicity in Arab terrorism. Go Kof Go.
UN Ambulances: More than just saving lives!"
Here are two different video's taken of UN ambulances helping to transport armed militants in Gaza.
** The first video clip shows the crazy life in Gaza where everyone runs around with an AK47 strapped on their back and if you're lucky you get a lift from the UN ambulance driver to your next gig.
** The second video shows armed militants setting up a rocket and then running back and loading up their weapons in the back of a UN ambulance before taking off in a getaway.
UN Ambulance Video- Take 1:
A UN ambulance picks up fighters in Gaza Strip.
Your United Nations dollars at work.
-- If this does not load up right away HERE is the direct link.
UN Ambulance Video- Take 2:
This time a UN ambulance fires missiles into Israel.
Your hard earned dollars at work.
-- Once again, HERE is the direct link if the video does not load immediately.
Hat Tip Tom Pechinski
UN-real!
There may be no ‘I’ in Team, but there certainly is one in Olmert. A big one too.
As investigations into Olmert’s activities in the last Knesset begin to warm up, Olmert spoke today to the nation from Haifa. He spoke how He takes responsibility for (winning?) the war and explained His decisions.
In His words:
He explained how He has decided a (weak, powerless) commissions of inquiry will be established to uncover and help fix the failures (as opposed to a state commission that could demand resignations). He explained that He selected who will be on the commissions.
I wonder if the commission will discuss the failure of the Ministry of Social Welfare failed to help those in the North, and if they will discuss the responsibility of the Minister of Social Welfare to fulfill his most basic task.
Of course, since the Minister of Social Welfare is also none other than Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, I wouldn’t hold my breath.
It was truly amazing how many times Olmert said the word ‘I’ in his speech.
What worries me is how he promised that He, Ehud Olmert will bring home the kidnapped soldiers. It sounded like there is a deal already completed with Hizbollah. I want our boys home, but how many terrorists has He already promised to release in exchange? What is the price of Olmert’s ego and our security?
In other news, Hizbollah continues with their psychological warfare with an upcoming documentary on Ron Arad with ‘new’ footage (presuming it is real).
Hizbollah and Iran are merely playing a psychological warfare game on the people of Israel. I (not Ehud Olmert) say it is best to ignore it, though no one will.
As investigations into Olmert’s activities in the last Knesset begin to warm up, Olmert spoke today to the nation from Haifa. He spoke how He takes responsibility for (winning?) the war and explained His decisions.
In His words:
“the responsibility for the decision to go to war, to respond with military might, not to be silent about harm to our soldiers, our civilians and our sovereignty, as well as the responsibility for the outcome of this war – is mine.”
He explained how He has decided a (weak, powerless) commissions of inquiry will be established to uncover and help fix the failures (as opposed to a state commission that could demand resignations). He explained that He selected who will be on the commissions.
I wonder if the commission will discuss the failure of the Ministry of Social Welfare failed to help those in the North, and if they will discuss the responsibility of the Minister of Social Welfare to fulfill his most basic task.
Of course, since the Minister of Social Welfare is also none other than Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, I wouldn’t hold my breath.
It was truly amazing how many times Olmert said the word ‘I’ in his speech.
What worries me is how he promised that He, Ehud Olmert will bring home the kidnapped soldiers. It sounded like there is a deal already completed with Hizbollah. I want our boys home, but how many terrorists has He already promised to release in exchange? What is the price of Olmert’s ego and our security?
In other news, Hizbollah continues with their psychological warfare with an upcoming documentary on Ron Arad with ‘new’ footage (presuming it is real).
Hizbollah and Iran are merely playing a psychological warfare game on the people of Israel. I (not Ehud Olmert) say it is best to ignore it, though no one will.
There is probably nothing more controversial that a soldier can do than refuse orders. The whole foundation that an army stands on is that soldiers will follow orders, even knowing they may die.
The only time it is excusable or even forbidden to follow orders is when the order is black and white illegal (such as killing POWs perhaps, or ethnically cleansing Jews out of their homes).
But what happens when an officer gets an order under unusual circumstances.
One such IDF officer received orders to take his unit on a mission.
The officer didn’t refuse, rather he told his superior officer that he is personally incapable of fulfilling the mission assigned to him. From what I recall hearing the mission was cancelled (it’s a known story, so if someone has more details…)
The truth is that this officer saw the assignment as a suicide mission with no clear goals and refused to take his men into what he saw as a death trap.
But think about it.
Say it was exactly what he thought it was – a suicide mission, but the upper brass felt it was necessary to sacrifice this unit in order to win the war completely – this officer would then have caused us to lose the war. What right did he have to refuse these orders?
But what happened in reality?
This officer saw that he was getting bad orders, he saw that he was getting confused orders, he saw that his people were getting killed and he was getting no support, he saw that orders were being changed in the field without concern that units weren't properly armed for the new missions. This officer lost faith in those giving him his orders.
The backbone holding the army together, the trust that allows men to let themselves be ordered to their own deaths was breached, broken and destroyed.
It is the trust between the soldiers and the generals and the politicians that keeps the army functioning. Soldiers go to fight and die knowing they are being used properly for the good of the nation, and the politicians send the soldiers knowing that they are being given a trust to use those lives properly.
That broke down as lives were needlessly wasted.
The officer was put on trial and it was determined that he won’t be punished for not following the order, nor will he be given a medal for admitting that he wasn’t qualified to lead the mission (as is) thus saving the lives of all his soldiers.
But the army knows what he was saying.
All the parents of the soldiers knew what he was saying and thanked him for saving their children’s lives.
But this is how far the IDF and political echelon have fallen. A soldier must say he is incompetent to complete his mission in order to save his soldiers from a needless death caused by politicians and generals who are really the incompetent ones.
The trust between the soldier and our leaders is broken. That means the IDF is broken
Who will fix it?
The only time it is excusable or even forbidden to follow orders is when the order is black and white illegal (such as killing POWs perhaps, or ethnically cleansing Jews out of their homes).
But what happens when an officer gets an order under unusual circumstances.
One such IDF officer received orders to take his unit on a mission.
The officer didn’t refuse, rather he told his superior officer that he is personally incapable of fulfilling the mission assigned to him. From what I recall hearing the mission was cancelled (it’s a known story, so if someone has more details…)
The truth is that this officer saw the assignment as a suicide mission with no clear goals and refused to take his men into what he saw as a death trap.
But think about it.
Say it was exactly what he thought it was – a suicide mission, but the upper brass felt it was necessary to sacrifice this unit in order to win the war completely – this officer would then have caused us to lose the war. What right did he have to refuse these orders?
But what happened in reality?
This officer saw that he was getting bad orders, he saw that he was getting confused orders, he saw that his people were getting killed and he was getting no support, he saw that orders were being changed in the field without concern that units weren't properly armed for the new missions. This officer lost faith in those giving him his orders.
The backbone holding the army together, the trust that allows men to let themselves be ordered to their own deaths was breached, broken and destroyed.
It is the trust between the soldiers and the generals and the politicians that keeps the army functioning. Soldiers go to fight and die knowing they are being used properly for the good of the nation, and the politicians send the soldiers knowing that they are being given a trust to use those lives properly.
That broke down as lives were needlessly wasted.
The officer was put on trial and it was determined that he won’t be punished for not following the order, nor will he be given a medal for admitting that he wasn’t qualified to lead the mission (as is) thus saving the lives of all his soldiers.
But the army knows what he was saying.
All the parents of the soldiers knew what he was saying and thanked him for saving their children’s lives.
But this is how far the IDF and political echelon have fallen. A soldier must say he is incompetent to complete his mission in order to save his soldiers from a needless death caused by politicians and generals who are really the incompetent ones.
The trust between the soldier and our leaders is broken. That means the IDF is broken
Who will fix it?
While we lost, we and the US reaped some serious benefits from this war.
1. We learned that most of our current line of generals are incompetent bozos who achieved their positions more because they support kicking Jews out of their homes than for knowing how to fight the enemy.
2. We learned now, before the big war, that we need to revamp, redo, and relearn everything from scratch.
3. We learned a lot about Hizbollah and Iranian fighting techniques.
4. We learned that Iran and Hizbollah know how and are able to intercept and decrypt our and US field transmissions without a problem.
5. We learned that Iran and Hizbollah have (hopefully now "had") the technology and knowledge to maintain a hidden field communications network despite massive bombardment and attempts at blocking those transmissions.
6. We learned a part of what weapons are in the Hizbollah and Iranian arsenal.
7. Hopefully we learned how to actually fight against them.
8. We uncovered serious flaws in our logistics system.
9. We learned that despite all the money invested in a C&C system to remove the “fog of war” our tanks still nearly drove over all our ground troops (in 1 case did) and the system doesn’t work, or at least isn’t either in place or applied correctly.
10. We learned (thought the army still hasn’t) that air support must be used and must be used correctly – no more sending troops into homes and villages that haven’t been flattened yet from the air (unfortunately they will never do this).
11. Our field officers and soldiers got the experience they will need to fight the next war.
12. The country learned which citizens are fighting for us, and which ones aren’t.
13. The next Deportation of Jews has been delayed.
14. We shook off the defeatist/submissive attitude that the general population and especially the IDF had indoctrinated into them by Oslo and the Left, and hopefully it will change for the better in the future.
15. Unintentionally, the government went wild in Lebanon the first few days and bombed everything – not knowing what else to do. That was the right thing to do, as it helped with the deterrence.
Unfortunately they then lowered the magnitude and didn’t do it nearly as much in the villages where Hizbollah were entrenched. Hopefully someone will recognize the benefits of the all out “crazy” massive bombing and how it helped deterrence and realize that it will have to do that completely next time – it’s called total victory.
This list is far from complete, so If you have anymore, feel free to add them
1. We learned that most of our current line of generals are incompetent bozos who achieved their positions more because they support kicking Jews out of their homes than for knowing how to fight the enemy.
2. We learned now, before the big war, that we need to revamp, redo, and relearn everything from scratch.
3. We learned a lot about Hizbollah and Iranian fighting techniques.
4. We learned that Iran and Hizbollah know how and are able to intercept and decrypt our and US field transmissions without a problem.
5. We learned that Iran and Hizbollah have (hopefully now "had") the technology and knowledge to maintain a hidden field communications network despite massive bombardment and attempts at blocking those transmissions.
6. We learned a part of what weapons are in the Hizbollah and Iranian arsenal.
7. Hopefully we learned how to actually fight against them.
8. We uncovered serious flaws in our logistics system.
9. We learned that despite all the money invested in a C&C system to remove the “fog of war” our tanks still nearly drove over all our ground troops (in 1 case did) and the system doesn’t work, or at least isn’t either in place or applied correctly.
10. We learned (thought the army still hasn’t) that air support must be used and must be used correctly – no more sending troops into homes and villages that haven’t been flattened yet from the air (unfortunately they will never do this).
11. Our field officers and soldiers got the experience they will need to fight the next war.
12. The country learned which citizens are fighting for us, and which ones aren’t.
13. The next Deportation of Jews has been delayed.
14. We shook off the defeatist/submissive attitude that the general population and especially the IDF had indoctrinated into them by Oslo and the Left, and hopefully it will change for the better in the future.
15. Unintentionally, the government went wild in Lebanon the first few days and bombed everything – not knowing what else to do. That was the right thing to do, as it helped with the deterrence.
Unfortunately they then lowered the magnitude and didn’t do it nearly as much in the villages where Hizbollah were entrenched. Hopefully someone will recognize the benefits of the all out “crazy” massive bombing and how it helped deterrence and realize that it will have to do that completely next time – it’s called total victory.
This list is far from complete, so If you have anymore, feel free to add them
Friday, August 25, 2006
It's looking more and more like Katsav will be stepping down early from the Presidency.
Until now, Katsav’s term has been remarkably absent of any controversy (except for the “Rabbi” thing, and he was right there). On the other hand, while he consistently promoted unity, there were times when he should have taken a position on things and he didn’t.
Though right now it looks like he may have been promoting a little too much of a unity position. Still, I’m going to take a wait-and-see approach to hear the final results. It just seems so incongruous from what we've seen of him publicly.
In the meantime the candidates are taking their places at the starting gate. In the front we have former Chief Rabbi Meir Lau, Former Speaker of the Knesset Ruby Rivlin, and I’m sure Shimon Peres is in the list somewhere (if he isn't afraid to lose yet another election).
Personally, JoeSettler endorses Ruby Rivlin for the position of President of Israel.
Rivlin, besides displaying and acting on his strong feelings for Judaism and Eretz Yisrael has proven that he can be non-partisan when required (when he was Speaker) up to the point that it makes sense to be. There are no known skeletons rattling around in his closet (they had more than enough opportunity to come to the fore when he was about to be appointed Justice Minister).
Rivlin has taken strong, clear, and good stances in how he thinks the country should work and define itself. And he took clear strong positions in opposing the Disengagement, and as a brave, nearly solo voice (along with Uzi Landau and Moshe Feiglin) challenging Aharon Barak’s attempt to vandalize and rule this country with his judicial activism (though I do disagree with how Rivlin disengages Barak the person from Barak the Justice – as I don’t think they are at all disconnected).
It would be a shame to lose Rivlin in the Knesset, but on the other hand, perhaps he will have an even more positive influence as President - as a symbol of unity and for promoting Jewish ideals and values.
Until now, Katsav’s term has been remarkably absent of any controversy (except for the “Rabbi” thing, and he was right there). On the other hand, while he consistently promoted unity, there were times when he should have taken a position on things and he didn’t.
Though right now it looks like he may have been promoting a little too much of a unity position. Still, I’m going to take a wait-and-see approach to hear the final results. It just seems so incongruous from what we've seen of him publicly.
In the meantime the candidates are taking their places at the starting gate. In the front we have former Chief Rabbi Meir Lau, Former Speaker of the Knesset Ruby Rivlin, and I’m sure Shimon Peres is in the list somewhere (if he isn't afraid to lose yet another election).
Personally, JoeSettler endorses Ruby Rivlin for the position of President of Israel.
Rivlin, besides displaying and acting on his strong feelings for Judaism and Eretz Yisrael has proven that he can be non-partisan when required (when he was Speaker) up to the point that it makes sense to be. There are no known skeletons rattling around in his closet (they had more than enough opportunity to come to the fore when he was about to be appointed Justice Minister).
Rivlin has taken strong, clear, and good stances in how he thinks the country should work and define itself. And he took clear strong positions in opposing the Disengagement, and as a brave, nearly solo voice (along with Uzi Landau and Moshe Feiglin) challenging Aharon Barak’s attempt to vandalize and rule this country with his judicial activism (though I do disagree with how Rivlin disengages Barak the person from Barak the Justice – as I don’t think they are at all disconnected).
It would be a shame to lose Rivlin in the Knesset, but on the other hand, perhaps he will have an even more positive influence as President - as a symbol of unity and for promoting Jewish ideals and values.
Tiny Fish Biting Tel Aviv Bathers
07:36 Aug 25, '06 / 1 Elul 5766
(IsraelNN.com) Small fish have invaded Tel Aviv’s beaches, biting the feet of bathers they mistake for food.
The fish, less than an inch long, are not dangerous, but have frightened many bathers, who are shocked by the sharp pain of the tiny bite and exit the water bleeding.
Lifeguards say that there is no choice but to wait for the schools of fish to leave of their own accord. They say the fish are not carnivorous, but mistake varicose veins and beauty marks for food.
07:36 Aug 25, '06 / 1 Elul 5766
(IsraelNN.com) Small fish have invaded Tel Aviv’s beaches, biting the feet of bathers they mistake for food.
The fish, less than an inch long, are not dangerous, but have frightened many bathers, who are shocked by the sharp pain of the tiny bite and exit the water bleeding.
Lifeguards say that there is no choice but to wait for the schools of fish to leave of their own accord. They say the fish are not carnivorous, but mistake varicose veins and beauty marks for food.
Nine different Generals came to visit my friend’s reserve army unit after the war.
The Ramatkal (Chief of Staff) was also supposed to visit but after the hard time the 9 generals got he chickened out.
General Gantz (the head of all IDF ground units) came to the unit to explain what happened and to tell them we won the war (since it wasn’t obvious to anyone that we did). At the end he asked if anyone had questions.
One soldier got up, and said, “I have 2 questions for you, a personal question and an operational question.”
He continued, “My personal question is regarding the statement you made a year ago. You see I am a settler and I volunteered to fight in the IDF, and I want to know if after 100% of us settlers showed up to fight and die, do you still stand by your statement that "settlers are worse than Hizbollah"?”
For his second question he asked, “How come you sent in us ground units without first destroying all the enemy sniper positions and houses overlooking us?”
For the first question, he actually denied he said what he said, adding that “Aryeh Eldad is just trying to get brownie points”, but then he said that he doesn’t take back a word of what he said. I guess that means he did say it and still thinks its true.
Regarding the second question, he answered the tanks destroyed most houses marked as Hizbollah sites.
Unfortunately Gantz forgot to mention that most of the houses were apparently not marked.
At this point, the flustered Gantz had enough and ran away like all the other generals that visited this elite reserve unit.
The Ramatkal (Chief of Staff) was also supposed to visit but after the hard time the 9 generals got he chickened out.
General Gantz (the head of all IDF ground units) came to the unit to explain what happened and to tell them we won the war (since it wasn’t obvious to anyone that we did). At the end he asked if anyone had questions.
One soldier got up, and said, “I have 2 questions for you, a personal question and an operational question.”
He continued, “My personal question is regarding the statement you made a year ago. You see I am a settler and I volunteered to fight in the IDF, and I want to know if after 100% of us settlers showed up to fight and die, do you still stand by your statement that "settlers are worse than Hizbollah"?”
For his second question he asked, “How come you sent in us ground units without first destroying all the enemy sniper positions and houses overlooking us?”
For the first question, he actually denied he said what he said, adding that “Aryeh Eldad is just trying to get brownie points”, but then he said that he doesn’t take back a word of what he said. I guess that means he did say it and still thinks its true.
Regarding the second question, he answered the tanks destroyed most houses marked as Hizbollah sites.
Unfortunately Gantz forgot to mention that most of the houses were apparently not marked.
At this point, the flustered Gantz had enough and ran away like all the other generals that visited this elite reserve unit.
Written by my friend Ari who just came back from Lebanon:
The past month has been a stressful one for everyone. I spent the last two weeks deep in Lebanon ( 20 kilometers). We spent our nights maneuvering from village to village and our days fighting Hizbollah terrorists.
Before each attack we all said Vidui and Kabbalat Ol Malchut Shamayim.
Last Sunday( I think it was Sunday) we were in a Lebanese village called Tel Adeysa . Unfortunately Hizbollah was waiting for us and gave us a welcoming ceremony as we entered the village. Snipers took their shots and hit our commander in the neck, Rockets were landing all around us. The first team was hit and several soldiers injured.
The evacuation team was called in and they too were shot at and injured. The rest of the platoon was stationed in an apple orchard keeping low. The second in command pointed to me and ordered I take 4 other soldiers to evacuate as many injured as we could.
I pointed to 4 soldiers and said ' LETS GO' we all dropped our equipment,took our m-16's and stretchers and headed toward the firing. As we left the gates of the Orchard several Rockets came down on the orchard!
We came back from evacuating the Injured and found 5 more soldiers injured in the Orchard, where we were sitting 2 minutes ago!
I picked up my bag only to find that water was spilling out of several holes, as I took a closer look I found a piece of Shrapnel the size of my palm wedged in my bag!
The Rocket fell directly on our bags while we were evacuating the other site. The Guys who were in the Orchard were lightly injured due to the fact that they were far enough away.
One of the soldiers made a Brit for his new born son several days before. Some Shrapnel cut threw his vest and around the neck guard completely severing the top of the vest - He however was left without a scratch!
There were many soldiers who were injured and those who died!
I do not know what Hashem's reasons or plans are - I do know however that I was witness to a Nes Galui!
Hodu Lashem Ki Tov Ki Leolam Chasdo
The past month has been a stressful one for everyone. I spent the last two weeks deep in Lebanon ( 20 kilometers). We spent our nights maneuvering from village to village and our days fighting Hizbollah terrorists.
Before each attack we all said Vidui and Kabbalat Ol Malchut Shamayim.
Last Sunday( I think it was Sunday) we were in a Lebanese village called Tel Adeysa . Unfortunately Hizbollah was waiting for us and gave us a welcoming ceremony as we entered the village. Snipers took their shots and hit our commander in the neck, Rockets were landing all around us. The first team was hit and several soldiers injured.
The evacuation team was called in and they too were shot at and injured. The rest of the platoon was stationed in an apple orchard keeping low. The second in command pointed to me and ordered I take 4 other soldiers to evacuate as many injured as we could.
I pointed to 4 soldiers and said ' LETS GO' we all dropped our equipment,took our m-16's and stretchers and headed toward the firing. As we left the gates of the Orchard several Rockets came down on the orchard!
We came back from evacuating the Injured and found 5 more soldiers injured in the Orchard, where we were sitting 2 minutes ago!
I picked up my bag only to find that water was spilling out of several holes, as I took a closer look I found a piece of Shrapnel the size of my palm wedged in my bag!
The Rocket fell directly on our bags while we were evacuating the other site. The Guys who were in the Orchard were lightly injured due to the fact that they were far enough away.
One of the soldiers made a Brit for his new born son several days before. Some Shrapnel cut threw his vest and around the neck guard completely severing the top of the vest - He however was left without a scratch!
There were many soldiers who were injured and those who died!
I do not know what Hashem's reasons or plans are - I do know however that I was witness to a Nes Galui!
Hodu Lashem Ki Tov Ki Leolam Chasdo
Caroline Glick has an excellent article in today’s Jerusalem Post. As I always say, CG is the only redeeming factor of the JP.
She raises some interesting points.
It is through her that I learned that Emmanuel Morano was not just a senior officer and a hero of the IDF, but a hero for the Jewish people too (as is his family).
The Israeli media completely didn’t mention who Emanuel Morano really was or what he and his family were doing during the Expulsion last year.
This paragraph is so full of meaning. The dedication of one man to his brother, to their idealism, to what is right.
But it is the other point I want to discuss.
CG raises an important issue. The government raised an army of 50,000 soldiers to kick peaceful families out of their homes. And that was 20,000 soldiers more than they sent out to fight Hizbollah which managed to displace 1 million Israelis from their homes.
What sort of sick priorities does the Left and government have when they can waste so much resources (months of training, brand new equipment, splashy black stormtrooper uniforms with matching baseball caps, not to mention the 50,000 soldiers) on damaging us, while complaining that there aren’t enough resources for defending the country against external threats.
50,000 to kick Jews out of their homes. 30,000 to lose against Hizbollah.
It’s a matter of priorities – this government simply doesn’t have the right ones.
Olmert go home.
She raises some interesting points.
It is through her that I learned that Emmanuel Morano was not just a senior officer and a hero of the IDF, but a hero for the Jewish people too (as is his family).
The Israeli media completely didn’t mention who Emanuel Morano really was or what he and his family were doing during the Expulsion last year.
Every night last August - until precisely 52 weeks before his death - he snuck into Gush Katif to bring food to his brother David and his family who were besieged along with the rest of the residents of Gush Katif by a force of some 50,000 IDF and police forces. These forces, who outnumbered the forces sent into Lebanon to fight Hizbullah a year later by 20,000, were under orders not to fight Israel's enemies, but to expel loyal, patriotic Israeli citizens from their homes and communities, destroy their homes and communities and abandon their land to Hamas and Fatah control.
This paragraph is so full of meaning. The dedication of one man to his brother, to their idealism, to what is right.
But it is the other point I want to discuss.
CG raises an important issue. The government raised an army of 50,000 soldiers to kick peaceful families out of their homes. And that was 20,000 soldiers more than they sent out to fight Hizbollah which managed to displace 1 million Israelis from their homes.
What sort of sick priorities does the Left and government have when they can waste so much resources (months of training, brand new equipment, splashy black stormtrooper uniforms with matching baseball caps, not to mention the 50,000 soldiers) on damaging us, while complaining that there aren’t enough resources for defending the country against external threats.
50,000 to kick Jews out of their homes. 30,000 to lose against Hizbollah.
It’s a matter of priorities – this government simply doesn’t have the right ones.
Olmert go home.
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