can any Israelis here comment on the following article

[alexbmn]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/419606.html

this scares the hell out of me. The IDF is downsizing permanently? No maintenance corps? No contingency plans if Egypt again invades the Sinai(lets say if Mubarak dies and Islamists come to power) No plans for a war of wide maneuvers? This cant be. Did the General Staff forget that Israel is still in the Middle East?

[citizen-k]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/419606.html

this scares the hell out of me. The IDF is downsizing permanently? No maintenance corps? No contingency plans if Egypt again invades the Sinai(lets say if Mubarak dies and Islamists come to power) No plans for a war of wide maneuvers? This cant be. Did the General Staff forget that Israel is still in the Middle East?

It's true.

(didn't read the article - I don't read ****)

[American Patriot]

I don't read ****

:lol:

[SeanAshi]

Israel has the nukes :P If Egypt tried anything Cairo would be removed from the Earth.

[gilgoul]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/419606.html

this scares the hell out of me. The IDF is downsizing permanently? No maintenance corps? No contingency plans if Egypt again invades the Sinai(lets say if Mubarak dies and Islamists come to power) No plans for a war of wide maneuvers? This cant be. Did the General Staff forget that Israel is still in the Middle East?

Funny, I just read the article.
Yes, it might be true, since the budget has been slashed, and there is definitely a manpower surplus compared to the needs (the strategic ones, that are set by the political echelon, not the military one).
If the change is quality over quantity, why not?
If Egypt decides in let`s say 10 years to invade israel with 3 tank division and 5 infantry division, we would know it before they set foot on the other bank of the canal, and could act in consequence (could try to test your MOAB p-) )
The real threats are coming from balistic weaponry and "mega terrorism", it doesn`t mean we should depart from our tank brigade, god forbid, but maintaining a smaller park of high quality (merkava mk3baz and 4), selling what is not in standards, and keeping an army smaller bu better trained and more focused on it`s "proffesion", why not.
For instance, and that is not a secret, when a unit, let say of TOW`s, has been busy manning a check point for 3 month instead of keeping training on it`s maaterial, it`s a terrible waste.
So we could attribute more man power to the units of the border police, military police and other professional niches in the light of the futur withdrawal and separation fence.
woot

[citizen-k]

I don't read ****

:lol:

Imagen OBL will publish a newspaper in the U.S - will you read it?

[UoUo]

As smart man once said : evry time the army throw a budjet cut....

Few thing happend :

Iran is much more closer to hold nukes.

The merkava project in question mark.

There is no fewl for tanks.

And egept buy 300 M1a1.

rofl

[IDFM203]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/419606.html

this scares the hell out of me. The IDF is downsizing permanently? No maintenance corps? No contingency plans if Egypt again invades the Sinai(lets say if Mubarak dies and Islamists come to power) No plans for a war of wide maneuvers? This cant be. Did the General Staff forget that Israel is still in the Middle East?

Funny, I just wrote the article.
ehem…..just to clear up ;) ……you wrote the article, you mean the haaretz article? You are a reporter for them???

I must be missing something here with your post but that is the way I read your line here.

Please explain........

Shalom :D