It hurts to say but the IDF is overextended. The latest evidence is Netanyahu firing his defense minister...

 via CNN

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired Defense Minister Yoav Gallant after months of clashes over domestic politics and Israel’s war efforts.

In a recorded statement Tuesday evening, Netanyahu said that “trust between me and the minister of defense has cracked.”

Israel Katz, currently the foreign minister, will become defense minister. Gideon Sa’ar will replace Katz as foreign minister, the prime minister’s office said Tuesday. Neither has extensive military experience, though Katz has served in the cabinet throughout the war.

The move came as voters in the United States, Israel’s most important ally, voted for their next president. Gallant is a close interlocutor for the US administration, and has been said to have daily conversations with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

The reshuffle happened at a crucial moment for Israel, which is fighting bloody wars in Gaza and Lebanon while awaiting a potential retaliatory attack from Iran.

Gallant responded to the decision shortly after it was made public, posting on X that the “security of Israel has been and will always be my lifelong mission.” In a televised statement, he said his dismissal was the result of a dispute over three things: the issue of ultra-Orthodox military services, the abandonment of hostages in Gaza, and the need for an official inquiry into Hamas’ October 7 attack.

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I know I'm in the minority here but Gallant raises issues that have bugged the hell outta me for the longest and had me questioning what Netanyahu's master plan for this war really is.

1.  The ultra-orthodox issue is beyond me.  I don't know the issue.

2.  The issue with the hostages has me PUZZLED.  The IDF has been fighting this war as if they really didn't give a fuck about them.  I find that crazy.  Additionally the IDF is not built for extended combat.  It's built for short sharp action.  That's why they have such a large special ops force (along with the army being made up of most conscripts).  When they pushed into Lebanon I knew that Netanyahu had basically lost his mind.  THAT MADE NO SENSE!~  Gaza isn't even pacified and he brings Hezbollah full force into the fight?  MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!

3.  Oct 7.  This one.  This has me thinking conspiracy theory.  We can track when Iran is about to launch missiles.  Mossad has Hamas penetrated completely and our ISR on their activities is intense.  THERE IS NO WAY THEY DIDN'T SEE THIS COMING!  SOMEONE SOMEWHERE DECIDED TO LET THE ATTACK HAPPEN!

No one remembers but Netanyahu was in serious political and criminal trouble before this kicked off.

I can't help but think those troubles played a part in this but then I think that's just too pathological.  No one can be that cruel to be a leader of their country and let their citizens be killed, maimed, horribly raped and taken hostage...could they.

I'm a big supporter of Israel but Netanyahu is making me wonder about his motives.

In this case I separate the leader from the country.  Just like I will do if Kamala steals the election.  

Just kidding.  Sorta...