Sunday, May 31, 2009
5/31/2009 02:55:00 PM | 
Posted by
JoeSettler
It’s interesting; there are two groups of Obamaniacs. The first is thrilled by Obama’s roughshod treatment of Israel and his goals of squeezing and diminishing (and perhaps destroying) Israel. The second are oblivious to everything Obama says and does regarding Israel, or they simply explain it way.
Of course, you can always excuse it on Obama’s habitual flip-flopping - though he really isn’t flip-flopping lately on Israel (so that make’s that answer kind of difficult), and besides, the difference is quite simpler.
The difference between the two groups is not even how far left they are, but simply that the first group is primarily not Jewish, while the second group primarily is.
General Keith Dayton, who is providing advanced training for the PA army (which was involved in a firefight just last week with IDF soldiers), has been strolling around and calling his Arab trained army the Founders of the Palestine State.
He is also working on expanding the size of his army from 3 to 10 battalions, and arm them even better.
Funny how the US is ignoring the Oslo Accords that limit the size of the PA military.
Oh, and Dayton he also made it very clear that if there isn’t a Palestinian State within 2 years, then those US trained forces will deploy against Israel.
Now I don’t know if he is stating that as a fact or as a threat (and a fact), but it would seem to me that if you were a democratic government and you knew that the army you’re training was going to be attacking another democratic government, then I’d be thinking twice about training them… unless attacking Israel is your actual goal.
Hmmm.
Of course, you can always excuse it on Obama’s habitual flip-flopping - though he really isn’t flip-flopping lately on Israel (so that make’s that answer kind of difficult), and besides, the difference is quite simpler.
The difference between the two groups is not even how far left they are, but simply that the first group is primarily not Jewish, while the second group primarily is.
General Keith Dayton, who is providing advanced training for the PA army (which was involved in a firefight just last week with IDF soldiers), has been strolling around and calling his Arab trained army the Founders of the Palestine State.
He is also working on expanding the size of his army from 3 to 10 battalions, and arm them even better.
Funny how the US is ignoring the Oslo Accords that limit the size of the PA military.
Oh, and Dayton he also made it very clear that if there isn’t a Palestinian State within 2 years, then those US trained forces will deploy against Israel.
Now I don’t know if he is stating that as a fact or as a threat (and a fact), but it would seem to me that if you were a democratic government and you knew that the army you’re training was going to be attacking another democratic government, then I’d be thinking twice about training them… unless attacking Israel is your actual goal.
Hmmm.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
1 Sivan 5769
May 24, '09
Translated from the Hebrew article on NRG
In Israel, you just don't talk about Israel's Defense Forces, the IDF.
People prefer not to think about the army's shortcomings, blithely saying that if the IDF has successfully protected Israel over the past sixty years, it must know what it is doing. Only people from within the system - and with a lot of decorations on their shoulders - are allowed to express their opinions and occasionally - their criticism.
With all due respect to the IDF, a serious analysis of the history of Israel's wars leads us to the conclusion that in some cases, Israel didn't survive because of the IDF, but despite it. The IDF is the army of the entire nation. It is the largest and most important tool that Israel has in its battle for its physical survival. Silencing constructive criticism does not help it to become a more effective army.
Now for a personal story. As part of my reserve army service, I was once sent to command a small group of soldiers at a front line position on the border. After we got ourselves organized, the commander of the area arrived to check the capabilities of the new units manning the posts.
"Do you have any comments?" the officer asked us. "Yes," I answered, "It is very easy for a single terrorist to infiltrate this outpost and to murder the guard and the other soldiers as they sleep in their beds." At this point I delineated the exact and simple path that a potential terrorist could take. The commander's reaction surprised me. He was visibly angered and left the outpost.
Two years later, our battalion was sent once again to that outpost. A 16 year old terrorist infiltrated - using the exact path that I had described to my superior - and murdered one of our soldiers.
With that in mind, I would like to present some ideas to improve the IDF.
Draft age is too early. An 18 year old is not mature enough to be a soldier. This was true in the past and is even truer today, when society conditions youth to remain children as long as possible. Men should be drafted at the age of 20, as prescribed by the Torah (Numbers 1:45). At 20, a young man is mature enough to serve in the army. When I was only 19 years old, I was already an officer. Some of my soldiers had been drafted late and were 20 or older. The difference in their performance was clear for all to see.
An army based on soldiers who begin their military service when they are 20 will be a mature, professional, efficient army, free of those "immaturity" blunders that fluster boys who are not yet ready for army life. Presumably, the number of army suicides will drop, as well.
Currently, Israeli boys are inducted into the army at the age of 18 because that is when they finish high school. In the two year interim until their induction at age 20, these boys should be allowed to do national service or to pursue whatever path they choose.
If an 18 year old decides that he would like to spend the next two years traveling the world or to begin his academic studies that would be fine. But the future draftees should also be allowed to do national service vital to our country in exchange for one year of the three year term of military service. Alternately, they could be sent to study professions that are in short supply in Israel, such as medicine or Jewish studies. These studies can be considered one year of national service. These students should be allowed to defer their draft until the completion of their studies.
Another point: I believe that the IDF's reliance on the reserve forces is more tradition and ideology than what the rules of efficiency would dictate. An army based on reserve forces cannot be a truly professional army. Israel should consider transition to a standing army-based force in which the reserves would be relegated to home-front missions.
Reserve duty is extremely expensive. The tax payer pays for it twice: Once to the reserve soldier and another time for lost days of work. The reserve units' equipment is stored and managed by the standing army in special IDF warehouses. All these factors lead to the conclusion that expanding the standing army while downsizing the reserves would produce a much more effective military result at a similar price.
And now for the most important point: Transition to a volunteer army. The standing army should be comprised of volunteers. They should receive excellent salaries and a respected place in society. I am certain that the supply will be greater than the demand and will allow the IDF to exact top-notch performance from its top-notch soldiers.
And what about everybody else? Every capable male should be drafted for a short basic training in which he would learn to shoot and perform basic military functions. Yes, every capable male from every sector - with the training appropriate to the needs of the sector. Yeshiva students should be allowed to do the basic training during the break in semesters and in accordance with all the standards of Jewish law. Once every few years, all the basic trainees should be required to do a "refresher" course. These men would be drafted in the most extreme cases of all out war, when they could quickly be trained in more advanced military methods.
In truth, the IDF is already quite volunteer-based. It is no coincidence that most of the dead and wounded from this winter's Gaza war were Religious Zionists. Those men who do not wish to enlist, already know how to avoid army service. Volunteer enlistment will free us of our obsession with the issue of draft for yeshiva students. If they want, they can enlist. If not, they won't - just like every other Israeli citizen.
In addition, the volunteer enlistment will eliminate the advantage that Arabs enjoy today in the work market, which they join at the age of 18, while their Jewish counterparts begin their civilian lives three or four years later.
The IDF is an army that we can and should be proud of. Let's think out of the box to make it even better.
May 24, '09
Translated from the Hebrew article on NRG
In Israel, you just don't talk about Israel's Defense Forces, the IDF.
People prefer not to think about the army's shortcomings, blithely saying that if the IDF has successfully protected Israel over the past sixty years, it must know what it is doing. Only people from within the system - and with a lot of decorations on their shoulders - are allowed to express their opinions and occasionally - their criticism.
With all due respect to the IDF, a serious analysis of the history of Israel's wars leads us to the conclusion that in some cases, Israel didn't survive because of the IDF, but despite it. The IDF is the army of the entire nation. It is the largest and most important tool that Israel has in its battle for its physical survival. Silencing constructive criticism does not help it to become a more effective army.
Now for a personal story. As part of my reserve army service, I was once sent to command a small group of soldiers at a front line position on the border. After we got ourselves organized, the commander of the area arrived to check the capabilities of the new units manning the posts.
"Do you have any comments?" the officer asked us. "Yes," I answered, "It is very easy for a single terrorist to infiltrate this outpost and to murder the guard and the other soldiers as they sleep in their beds." At this point I delineated the exact and simple path that a potential terrorist could take. The commander's reaction surprised me. He was visibly angered and left the outpost.
Two years later, our battalion was sent once again to that outpost. A 16 year old terrorist infiltrated - using the exact path that I had described to my superior - and murdered one of our soldiers.
With that in mind, I would like to present some ideas to improve the IDF.
Draft age is too early. An 18 year old is not mature enough to be a soldier. This was true in the past and is even truer today, when society conditions youth to remain children as long as possible. Men should be drafted at the age of 20, as prescribed by the Torah (Numbers 1:45). At 20, a young man is mature enough to serve in the army. When I was only 19 years old, I was already an officer. Some of my soldiers had been drafted late and were 20 or older. The difference in their performance was clear for all to see.
An army based on soldiers who begin their military service when they are 20 will be a mature, professional, efficient army, free of those "immaturity" blunders that fluster boys who are not yet ready for army life. Presumably, the number of army suicides will drop, as well.
Currently, Israeli boys are inducted into the army at the age of 18 because that is when they finish high school. In the two year interim until their induction at age 20, these boys should be allowed to do national service or to pursue whatever path they choose.
If an 18 year old decides that he would like to spend the next two years traveling the world or to begin his academic studies that would be fine. But the future draftees should also be allowed to do national service vital to our country in exchange for one year of the three year term of military service. Alternately, they could be sent to study professions that are in short supply in Israel, such as medicine or Jewish studies. These studies can be considered one year of national service. These students should be allowed to defer their draft until the completion of their studies.
Another point: I believe that the IDF's reliance on the reserve forces is more tradition and ideology than what the rules of efficiency would dictate. An army based on reserve forces cannot be a truly professional army. Israel should consider transition to a standing army-based force in which the reserves would be relegated to home-front missions.
Reserve duty is extremely expensive. The tax payer pays for it twice: Once to the reserve soldier and another time for lost days of work. The reserve units' equipment is stored and managed by the standing army in special IDF warehouses. All these factors lead to the conclusion that expanding the standing army while downsizing the reserves would produce a much more effective military result at a similar price.
And now for the most important point: Transition to a volunteer army. The standing army should be comprised of volunteers. They should receive excellent salaries and a respected place in society. I am certain that the supply will be greater than the demand and will allow the IDF to exact top-notch performance from its top-notch soldiers.
And what about everybody else? Every capable male should be drafted for a short basic training in which he would learn to shoot and perform basic military functions. Yes, every capable male from every sector - with the training appropriate to the needs of the sector. Yeshiva students should be allowed to do the basic training during the break in semesters and in accordance with all the standards of Jewish law. Once every few years, all the basic trainees should be required to do a "refresher" course. These men would be drafted in the most extreme cases of all out war, when they could quickly be trained in more advanced military methods.
In truth, the IDF is already quite volunteer-based. It is no coincidence that most of the dead and wounded from this winter's Gaza war were Religious Zionists. Those men who do not wish to enlist, already know how to avoid army service. Volunteer enlistment will free us of our obsession with the issue of draft for yeshiva students. If they want, they can enlist. If not, they won't - just like every other Israeli citizen.
In addition, the volunteer enlistment will eliminate the advantage that Arabs enjoy today in the work market, which they join at the age of 18, while their Jewish counterparts begin their civilian lives three or four years later.
The IDF is an army that we can and should be proud of. Let's think out of the box to make it even better.
I wonder who is more afraid of the Jordan is Palestine concept. The Israeli Left or the Kingdom of Jordan.
More than 80% of the Jordanian population is "Palestinian".
As a result 80% of Jordanian residents are treated as second-class citizens. Their dictator, King Abdullah, who is from the 20% minority is occupying "Palestine".
Yesterday the Right ran a conference that proposed various alternative solutions to the Palestinians "problem". It was very successful and a number of realistic and creative ideas were put forward.
MK Aryeh Eldad (Ichud Leumi) proposed an idea as a bill in the Knesset.
MK Eldad called his plan “Two States for Two Nations on Two Banks of the Jordan.”
His parliamentary motion against the establishment of a Palestinian state was ratified by 53 MKs against nine and the matter was referred to the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
King Abdullah, sensing a threat to his dictatorship went ballistic. After all, any official discussion of an idea like that could trigger a revolution by 80% of his residents.
Because he knows it's right.
But the Israeli Left went ballistic too.
They continue to prefer to ignore that a Palestinian State, especially with the return the refugees and their descendants - who would be forced by gunpoint out of Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, etc. into this new state, would create a tiny State so unstable that the entire region would be engulfed in war.
They are locked into their dead-end vision and can't see any other alternative.
But the reality is that the creation of a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria is not what is driving them.
What is driving them is solely the idea of relinquishing control over J&S because of its historical and religious importance to the Jewish people.
That is why, even if you manage to find a leftist willing to consider the Jordan is Palestine concept, they always want to throw in Judea and Samaria too. Incredible.
But of course, they still don't want the religious Jews living near them, whether it be in Ramat Aviv, Yafo, or even the Negev - as I have been discussing these past few weeks.
It comes down to it that the far Left is driven primarily by anti-Religious motivations, and the Palestinians/Arabs are simply the tool they are using in their battle.
More than 80% of the Jordanian population is "Palestinian".
As a result 80% of Jordanian residents are treated as second-class citizens. Their dictator, King Abdullah, who is from the 20% minority is occupying "Palestine".
Yesterday the Right ran a conference that proposed various alternative solutions to the Palestinians "problem". It was very successful and a number of realistic and creative ideas were put forward.
MK Aryeh Eldad (Ichud Leumi) proposed an idea as a bill in the Knesset.
MK Eldad called his plan “Two States for Two Nations on Two Banks of the Jordan.”
His parliamentary motion against the establishment of a Palestinian state was ratified by 53 MKs against nine and the matter was referred to the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
King Abdullah, sensing a threat to his dictatorship went ballistic. After all, any official discussion of an idea like that could trigger a revolution by 80% of his residents.
Because he knows it's right.
But the Israeli Left went ballistic too.
They continue to prefer to ignore that a Palestinian State, especially with the return the refugees and their descendants - who would be forced by gunpoint out of Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Kuwait, etc. into this new state, would create a tiny State so unstable that the entire region would be engulfed in war.
They are locked into their dead-end vision and can't see any other alternative.
But the reality is that the creation of a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria is not what is driving them.
What is driving them is solely the idea of relinquishing control over J&S because of its historical and religious importance to the Jewish people.
That is why, even if you manage to find a leftist willing to consider the Jordan is Palestine concept, they always want to throw in Judea and Samaria too. Incredible.
But of course, they still don't want the religious Jews living near them, whether it be in Ramat Aviv, Yafo, or even the Negev - as I have been discussing these past few weeks.
It comes down to it that the far Left is driven primarily by anti-Religious motivations, and the Palestinians/Arabs are simply the tool they are using in their battle.
That's it. There's not much left you can do to stop the Chareidi Jews. So you might as well kill them.
The complaints have been heard to heaven about how they are taking over Jerusalem and they need to be stopped.
When they try to move to Tel Aviv, they are told they aren't wanted there.
So what's left?
What's left is they try to move far away from everyone else.
So they try to move to the Negev.
In fact, they are trying to form their own 50,000 strong city called Kasif and populate that neglected and nearly empty stretch of land that the Bedouins are often trying to grab by creating facts on the ground.
BUT...
Suddenly, the idea that everyone has been pushing for, which has been about expanding the Negev, creating new Garins, bringing Jews down there, and building it up is suddenly not such a good idea (in this case).
You see, there are people in the Negev that also dislike Chareidim and their lifestyle, so they are fighting this plan.
Ho hum.
To be fair, some are demanding that the Chareidim move to the existing towns that are half-empty and not at all right for the Chareidi lifestyle, because those towns are half-empty and many people there would love for someone to actually want to buy their house so they can move out.
But what can you do, that idea doesn't appeal to them at all.
It's all their fault, they're also going to destroy the environment.
The complaints have been heard to heaven about how they are taking over Jerusalem and they need to be stopped.
When they try to move to Tel Aviv, they are told they aren't wanted there.
So what's left?
What's left is they try to move far away from everyone else.
So they try to move to the Negev.
In fact, they are trying to form their own 50,000 strong city called Kasif and populate that neglected and nearly empty stretch of land that the Bedouins are often trying to grab by creating facts on the ground.
BUT...
Suddenly, the idea that everyone has been pushing for, which has been about expanding the Negev, creating new Garins, bringing Jews down there, and building it up is suddenly not such a good idea (in this case).
You see, there are people in the Negev that also dislike Chareidim and their lifestyle, so they are fighting this plan.
Ho hum.
To be fair, some are demanding that the Chareidim move to the existing towns that are half-empty and not at all right for the Chareidi lifestyle, because those towns are half-empty and many people there would love for someone to actually want to buy their house so they can move out.
But what can you do, that idea doesn't appeal to them at all.
It's all their fault, they're also going to destroy the environment.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Once again Apartheid has reared its ugly head in Israel.
Deputy Speaker of the House Ahmed Tibi has forbidden the entrance of Morton Klein, chairman of Likud USA from entering the Knesset.
So let's get this straight... an Arab MK, who holds a senior Israeli government position, is blocking a Jewish Likud party official from entering the parliament building of the Jewish(?) state.
Another example of Arab Apartheid dreams, and yet another good reason to kick this enemy of the State out of the Knesset and the country.
Meanwhile, Ruby Rivlin is on the job, and will soon take care of this disgrace.
UPDATE: Arutz-7 has more details of this event, including that Tibi kicked out 2 Jews from the Knesset, not 1. The second confronted Tibi in a lie that he was propogating.
Deputy Speaker of the House Ahmed Tibi has forbidden the entrance of Morton Klein, chairman of Likud USA from entering the Knesset.
So let's get this straight... an Arab MK, who holds a senior Israeli government position, is blocking a Jewish Likud party official from entering the parliament building of the Jewish(?) state.
Another example of Arab Apartheid dreams, and yet another good reason to kick this enemy of the State out of the Knesset and the country.
Meanwhile, Ruby Rivlin is on the job, and will soon take care of this disgrace.
UPDATE: Arutz-7 has more details of this event, including that Tibi kicked out 2 Jews from the Knesset, not 1. The second confronted Tibi in a lie that he was propogating.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
US policy of propping up moderate dictators and terrorists (as opposed to the "serious" dictators and terrorists) always seems to come back and bite them (and us).
One major debacle in the works is the US training and arming of PAterrorists policeman in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) under the auspices of the skilled and very naive Gen. Dayton (last week in fact a PA policeman shot and injured 2 IDf soldiers before being taken down).
But a surprising article that appeared in Ha'aretz indicates that the US has aided Hezbollah in its battle against the Israel and the US.
As you probably have heard, Israeli spy rings in Lebanon have been captured.
These spy rings have apparently been involved in identifying and targeting Hezbollah terrorists. These spy rings may have identified missile locations. These spy rings may identified Hezbollah terror nests and hideaways in Lebanese towns and cities.
In short these spy rings helped eliminate Hezbollah terrorists that were terrorizing both the Israeli and Lebanese people.
But a tremendous number of these spy rings have been uncovered in the past 2 months.
It is well-known that the US has been supplying various Lebanese Internal Security Force with money ($1 billion since 2006), training and equipment.
This money, training and equipment was supposed to go to the fight against terror and Hezbollah.
It was these US backed, trained, and equipped security forces that uncovered the spy rings that were spying on Hezbollah.
Ha'aretz managed to link statements by the Lebanese government indicating that these US resources went specifically to capturing the Israeli spies that were targeting Hezbollah.
Hezbollah is expected to win major if not majority control in the upcoming June 6th elections.
Again, idiotic US foreign policy backfires on everybody.
One major debacle in the works is the US training and arming of PA
But a surprising article that appeared in Ha'aretz indicates that the US has aided Hezbollah in its battle against the Israel and the US.
As you probably have heard, Israeli spy rings in Lebanon have been captured.
These spy rings have apparently been involved in identifying and targeting Hezbollah terrorists. These spy rings may have identified missile locations. These spy rings may identified Hezbollah terror nests and hideaways in Lebanese towns and cities.
In short these spy rings helped eliminate Hezbollah terrorists that were terrorizing both the Israeli and Lebanese people.
But a tremendous number of these spy rings have been uncovered in the past 2 months.
It is well-known that the US has been supplying various Lebanese Internal Security Force with money ($1 billion since 2006), training and equipment.
This money, training and equipment was supposed to go to the fight against terror and Hezbollah.
It was these US backed, trained, and equipped security forces that uncovered the spy rings that were spying on Hezbollah.
Ha'aretz managed to link statements by the Lebanese government indicating that these US resources went specifically to capturing the Israeli spies that were targeting Hezbollah.
Hezbollah is expected to win major if not majority control in the upcoming June 6th elections.
Again, idiotic US foreign policy backfires on everybody.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
So how else can you describe the demand by Secretary of State Clinton that Jews stop all "natural growth" in our towns.
I don't think we've heard such a demand since Pharaoh.
The only difference is that Pharaoh demanded the death of all Jewish male children, while Clinton is demanding the death of Jewish children, regardless of gender. I guess that makes her more egalitarian, though just as evil.
I don't think we've heard such a demand since Pharaoh.
The only difference is that Pharaoh demanded the death of all Jewish male children, while Clinton is demanding the death of Jewish children, regardless of gender. I guess that makes her more egalitarian, though just as evil.
IDF soldiers were injured last night when PA police officers shot at them in the PA-occupied town of Kakilya.
IDF soldiers shot back and injured the PA policeman.
The US government, under the auspices of US General Keith Dayton, have been providing the PA "police" with advanced training and weapons. They now plans to train and arm 3 additional brigades.
It is an unfortunate myth that is being propagated that during the Gaza war that PA police kept the West Bank "quiet" (it wasn't as quiet as they say, but it could have been far worse).
In reality it was the IDF.
IDF soldiers shot back and injured the PA policeman.
The US government, under the auspices of US General Keith Dayton, have been providing the PA "police" with advanced training and weapons. They now plans to train and arm 3 additional brigades.
It is an unfortunate myth that is being propagated that during the Gaza war that PA police kept the West Bank "quiet" (it wasn't as quiet as they say, but it could have been far worse).
In reality it was the IDF.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
For all the talk of possible Muslim rule over our capital in Jerusalem, I'd be more concerned about the Muslim rule that already exists in Washington D.C.
to Tomorrow is Jerusalem Day.
Tomorrow is the day we commemorate the reunification of Jerusalem.
Tomorrow is the day we commemorate when Jews were allowed back into our Holy City and holy sites.
Tomorrow is the day that all religions gained freedom of worship in Jerusalem.
Tomorrow is the day when Jerusalem was rebuilt again.
Tomorrow is the day when Motta Gur said "Jerusalem is in our hands".
Tomorrow is the day when the Shofar was blown at the Kotel after years of absence under foreign rulers.
Today is the day Obama revealed his plans to rip Jerusalem away from Israel.
Today is the day Obama revealed his plans to redivide the city.
Today is the day Obama revealed his plans to embed foreign troops into Jerusalem.
Today is the day Obama revealed his plans to flood Israel with enemy citizens.
Today is the day Obama revealed his plans to appease the Arab enemy with Jewish blood.
Are you for today, or are you for tomorrow?
Tomorrow is the day we commemorate the reunification of Jerusalem.
Tomorrow is the day we commemorate when Jews were allowed back into our Holy City and holy sites.
Tomorrow is the day that all religions gained freedom of worship in Jerusalem.
Tomorrow is the day when Jerusalem was rebuilt again.
Tomorrow is the day when Motta Gur said "Jerusalem is in our hands".
Tomorrow is the day when the Shofar was blown at the Kotel after years of absence under foreign rulers.
Today is the day Obama revealed his plans to rip Jerusalem away from Israel.
Today is the day Obama revealed his plans to redivide the city.
Today is the day Obama revealed his plans to embed foreign troops into Jerusalem.
Today is the day Obama revealed his plans to flood Israel with enemy citizens.
Today is the day Obama revealed his plans to appease the Arab enemy with Jewish blood.
Are you for today, or are you for tomorrow?
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