via Jerusalemonline..
Uri Shechter, deputy Nahal brigade commander on reserve duty, wrote an open letter to his soldiers at the end of Operation Protective Edge. "This is what victory looks like", Shechter wrote. "It is a positive thing that the soldiers and commanders sense that they could’ve gone further, or else we would be in a problem. Not everyone who writes a fiery Facebook post understands that".I wonder.
Uri Shechter, deputy Nahal brigade commander on reserve duty, wrote an open letter to his soldiers explaining why Israel is the one that gained absolute victory in Operation Protective Edge. "It is important for me to say to the entire nation of Israel that we have won big time", Shecter wrote. "Hamas is squashed, the most it can do is take its head out of the pit in which it is hiding for one second and mark a V with its hand, until it gets the missile".
In opposition to other soldiers who have expressed frustration from the fact that IDF withdrew from Gaza, Shechter defended the decision. "Some of the soldiers and commanders feel as we haven’t completed the mission, and they would like to kill more and more terrorists", Shechter explained. "This is how soldiers and commanders should always feel; it is excellent that this is how they feel. If they had ended the operation feeling satisfied, it would’ve been a problem. I also don’t accept the words saying that IDF retreated.
Are we seeing continuous war in the modern age because civilian leaders don't have the moral courage to finish what they start?
Hamas is not crushed.
There will be another round to this fighting.
