Does The Army Have A Plan?

This blog advocates strong action against the terrorists. But strong action without a plan is a recipe for disaster.

Mad as hell as they bury a friend..

This is the third day of shelling and the army is fighting valiantly in a war against a bunch of terrorists who initiated the aggression with a despicable blood bath. The politicians agree that the militants should be “rooted out”, “destroyed”, “liquidated”, (insert dramatic expression here).

Fine. The chest thumping goes down well in wounded Tripoli and Beirut. But chest thumping without effectiveness can soon be transformed into public rage. Just ask Ehud Olmert.

Why am I saying this?

For a start, pounding about mercilessly a refugee camp cramped with people hardly sounds like a plan. Does the Army know what it is hitting? What kind of intelligence gathering method is it using?

I don’t know about you, but if I were a terrorist in that camp, I wouldn’t be hanging around in my house waiting for the next shell to come. I’ll just shave my beard, go down to the market and hang around with women and children until the army’s supplies run out. I suppose that’s not a long time from today.

The army could well have a plan, but can we at least know what it is? Where is the conference where the Minister of defense explains his strategy? How can we know that it isn’t just an ill-planned Olmert-style random attack to save our wounded pride? At least Olmert had precision weapons.

Are we planning a Hama-Style massacre? Do we care if we turned 250,000 Palestinian refugees against us? Would that be sensible security planning?