Thursday, August 17, 2006

Wait a Minute...

I thought our Commander in Chief told us that the Israelis won the war... so what's all this?

The blame game | Economist.com
No sooner had the ceasefire taken effect than the patriotic fog of war was cleared by a cold blast of recriminations. Returning troops—in particular reservists, who unlike young active-duty conscripts have few compunctions about mouthing off—are griping about poor preparation, substandard equipment, missing supplies, constantly-changing orders given with too little notice. As for those left in Lebanon, a decision to make a last-ditch push for the Litani in the two days before the ceasefire took effect means some units are dangerously spread out, forbidden to move or fire unless threatened, and thus sitting ducks if Hizbullah decides to attack them.

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