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Why are they like this?
1) originally, the IDF was led by a socialist mafia which would cover up its mistakes and lie about its failures, unaccountably
2) with the sale of Israel to the US as a satrapy in the 1970s, the existential threats keeping them a little bit honest were
1) originally, the IDF was led by a socialist mafia which would cover up its mistakes and lie about its failures, unaccountably
2) with the sale of Israel to the US as a satrapy in the 1970s, the existential threats keeping them a little bit honest were
https://twitter.com/BaruchKogan/status/1718499788281262480
...pushed off into the indefinite future. This freed our generals completely to focus on what was important: their own careers, both pre- and post-retirement.
3) there are 2000+ retired generals in Israel. They retire in their 50s, full of vigor, coming out of an experience where they were at the peak of their game in terms of power, influence, respect. What will they do now? There are a few dozen positions available in politics and...
military industry. The rest must seek their fortunes in consulting gigs for the US military industrial complex and diplomatic industry. To be eligible for these positions, you need to be in good standing with the GAE and with your fellow current and retired generals.
Therefore, they are proactively ideologically compliant from their mid-30s, when they are promising field grades. Those who are not find themselves pushed out or shunted off to a career death, like Ofer Winter.
There is no solution which does not involve purging the current IDF leadership and the retirees, and passing laws forbidding the employment of retired IDF officers in the service of foreign entities.
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