JERUSALEM POST
by Yishai Fleisher
July 20, 2015

If their goal to limit all of our strikes to a mere “proportional response” – we must hit them with overwhelming force which leaves no one guessing as to who is the victor.

A few weeks ago, I served for five days in the IDF reserves, called “miluim” in Hebrew. It was a huge exercise which was mentioned in the media but the details of which were kept secret. Suffice it to say that I got to work with the air force, witnessing the raw power of our air cavalry, and saw some of Israel’s best troops practicing a real war scenario. Indeed, our officer corps is amazing – adroitly handling navigation, communication, combined-arms coordination, and of course, morale and motivation. It is a great privilege to be part of this Jewish fighting force, made up of mostly fathers and husbands, and mostly fun as well. Yet, while I loved being out in the field with troops and seeing parts of the land of Israel that I had not seen before, I had a sense of frustration about what we were doing. Why? Because we were practicing for a war which is probably not going to happen, while the real war is being fought against us right under our noses. READ MORE