Israel just shit-canned one of its top generals

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L08149670.htm

Israel names new commander for Lebanon offensive

JERUSALEM, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Israel named a new top commander for its Lebanon war effort on Tuesday, effectively demoting another general after criticism of the army's handling of the four-week-old offensive.

The military said in a statement that Maj. Gen. Moshe Kaplinsky, a veteran of previous Lebanon campaigns, was named "to coordinate the Israeli army's operations in Lebanon".

Israeli commentators saw the move as effectively pushing aside Gen. Udi Adam, head of northern command, at a time when some Israelis are asking why the region's mightiest army has failed to halt Hizbollah rocket fire after 28 days of fighting.

Channel Two television said Kaplinsky, the deputy chief of staff and former commander in the occupied West Bank, was named because Adam had angered Prime Minister Ehud Olmert by accusing politicians of limiting the Lebanon campaign.

Some commentators voiced concern that tensions within the army could hurt Israel's war effort, and that the change in leadership may reflect frustrations within a force that has long prided itself on defeating its enemies swiftly.

Still, opinions polls have shown strong public support for the war.

[The_Warmth]

1. Is the pressure coming from...

the people, the money, or both? Anyone have a breakdown?

[Dead_Parrot]

2. I must be tired...

I just read the guy's name as Idi Amin. That would have explained a lot...

[Kagemusha]

3. Oh that's not all. Juan Cole says they bombed a funeral.

A funeral for people Israel had killed earlier.

I mean, good lord, the Baathist guerillas in Iraq do that! That's just...!!

[The_Warmth]

4. We're the orders from the administration or from inside the military?

[Kagemusha]

7. The hell would I know.

nt

[jpkenny]

14. I guess he didn't kill enough people fast enough. Now the biggest

massacre will begin.

[BooScout]

5. They should shit can Olmert........

He's the one that dragged them into this mess.

[evox]

6. as if that's going to change anything

[malaise]

8. Will that change this

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/5255758.stm



or this

[DoYouEverWonder]

9. Isn't this like changing horses in the middle of a race?

I guess things are going as well as the Israelis thought things would go when they started this mess?

[xchrom]

10. no, they did not expect a ''professional'' hizbullah.

they expected what they had previously.

that's part of what makes all this so fascinating -- the evolving arab universe.

the west has miscalculated on various fronts -- this is another one.

[DoYouEverWonder]

11. So much for all those billions they spend on Intel

Seems it doesn't do much go because they never know shit. Wacky bloggers on the Internets get it right more often then they do.

[xchrom]

13. there is a kind of incestuous relationship going on

in the west right now -- and i think your assessment has it right.

the powers that be -- in their efforts to control every little thing are going blind -- including at the intelligence level.

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. This often happns when you are winning

:rofl: