". . . among part of the political and military leadership a
mindset has crystallized, that the Age of Wars is over...
according to such analysis, there was no need to get ready for
war, but on the other hand no need to enthusiastically seek
paths towards long-term, stable agreements with our neighbours."
[excerpt from Winograd report]
The
Report was submitted; Now What?
The
Conscript: Next time they send me to fight, I will
tell them I don't know how - I only know how to man a checkpoint
and harass Palestinians.
The
Reservist: Next time they send me to the Occupied
Territories, I will tell them I am not a cop in an army of
occupation - I should serve as a solider in a
defense force.
The
Artillery Man: Next time they order me to carpet
whole areas with cluster bombs, I will remember the children who
were killed, and the ones who may yet be killed from what I've
left on the ground in Lebanon - and I will refuse to carry out
war crimes.
The
Responsible Citizen: Next time they tell me we are
going to a 'Just War', I will remember where previous 'Just
Wars' have led us, and what a terrible price we have paid for
them.
The Alert
Citizen: Next time a General like Dan Halutz declares
that he sleeps well after killing civilians with a one-ton bomb,
I will know that he does not deserve to lead the military.
The
"Little Man on The Street": The next time they say
they are "fighting only to stop the Katyusha rockets", I will
remember that rockets stopped falling only when we stopped the
fire.
The
Journalist: Next time my jingoistic colleagues
glorify the war, I will ask what they will write a month from
now, when public opinion changes in view of the number of
casualties.
The Winograd Commission Member:
Next time I will pointedly ask,
" Why did we go to this war?"
YESH GVUL!