tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144788054067233286.post7395729265031175913..comments2023-08-28T00:23:44.840-07:00Comments on Otters and Science News: MIRACLE IN THE GAZA WAR - ISRAELI SENIOR COMMANDER DESCRIBES MYSTERIOUS CLOUD that shrouded his men during attack as divine protection - Also read a summary of other astounding miracles in the Israeli battlefieldTracy Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11581941679842586562noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144788054067233286.post-86723265053715632182015-05-15T19:31:52.165-07:002015-05-15T19:31:52.165-07:00Thank you for your comment. While most wars are in...Thank you for your comment. While most wars are indeed motivated by personal and political interests, the case of Israel is different. This country has come back after 2000 years of foreign occupation - mostly by Muslim invaders since the 7th century - and it is only one lost war away from another Holocaust. <br /><br />Israel has won wars against all odds, when confronting much larger and better equipped Arab armies. The honor goes to the soldiers.<br /><br />The Israeli political leadership, however, is mediocre at best. <br /><br />There is also the disturbing influence by the treasonous pro-Arab left in government, the Supreme Court, media, universities, and so on. They hold great animosity against patriotic Israelis, particularly if they happen to be religiously observant.<br /><br />Givati Brigade Commander Colonel Ofer Winter was targeted by the left and by higher IDF commanders when he invoked the name of God during the war on Gaza. (The top IDF brass is selected by the government.) <br /><br />They scrutinized his record in detail with the intent of kicking him out of the army. Eventually he was cleared of all allegations. <br /><br />What is at the forefront of this right-left wing animosity is the left's eagerness to partition the country for the creation of another Arab terror state, while patriotic Israelis uphold the Jewish legal and historical right to the land of Judea and Samaria (West Bank). If these pro-land of Israel advocates happen to be religiously observant, they are held with even greater contempt by the left.<br /><br />Arutz Sheva reported:<br /><br />Winter was embroiled in a media storm after in a call-up message sent to members of the brigade he wrote that they were going out against "the terrorist Gazan enemy that curses, reviles and insults the G-d of the campaigns of Israel." <br /><br />The criticism against him came from various sources, including then-Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon (Likud).<br /><br />"His call to rely on the G-d of Israel gave strong feelings to many in the army and outside it because of the media storm, since then he's a target for elimination in the eyes of several people, and the attempt now to frame him with covering up some abuse case of some commander is part of the program to eliminate his career," said the soldiers, who refused to add more details.<br /><br />The talk of a secretive planned campaign comes on the heels of a Knesset debate last month ... framed as a discussion of Jewish "radicalization" following an increasing religiosity among soldiers during the operation.<br /><br />More on Colonel Ofer Winter here:<br /><br />http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/188970#.VVamKJtFCM8<br />Tracy Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11581941679842586562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144788054067233286.post-73913250647882167882015-05-15T08:58:33.822-07:002015-05-15T08:58:33.822-07:00Warfare is a fascinating subject. Despite the dubi...Warfare is a fascinating subject. Despite the dubious morality of using violence to achieve personal or political aims. It remains that conflict has been used to do just that throughout recorded history.<br /><br />Your article is very well done, a good read.GREAT MILITARY BATTLEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01861516378064000468noreply@blogger.com