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[–] [email protected] 49 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Golda Meir lost her position due to intel failures regarding Yom Kippur war. this was a shocking failure of intelligence and basic border control. Meir lost her position only after the guns stopped firing.

A similar thing happened to Menachem Begin, who was forced into retirement after the failure of the Lebanon invasion in 1982 and the international opprobrium heaped Israel's way after it essentially winked at a massacre of Palestinian civilians by Lebanese Christian militiamen later that year. But again, Begin was only forced out after Israel had pulled back to defensive positions in Southern Lebanon and its forces were no longer engaged in heavy combat.

Bibi is so busy trying to undo Israeli liberty and stay out of jail he did botch this and fate will not treat him kindly.

[–] CosmicCleric 14 points 10 months ago

A similar thing happened to Menachem Begin, who was forced into retirement after the failure of the Lebanon invasion in 1982 and the international opprobrium heaped Israel’s way after it essentially winked at a massacre of Palestinian civilians by Lebanese Christian militiamen later that year.

Learned a new word today...

op·pro·bri·um /əˈprōbrēəm/ noun harsh criticism or censure. "his films and the critical opprobrium they have generated"

the public disgrace arising from someone's shameful conduct. "the opprobrium of being closely associated with gangsters"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Israel not so much winked at the massacre but directly supported the infrastructure for it despite knowing it was to happen. Israel wanted the massacre that killed more people in a way equally gruesome to the current Hamas terror. But of course that gave no tangible repercussions, just stern words.

I highly recommend the move "Waltz with Bashir" where the movie maker is working through his own Trauma and involvement in Israels support of the massacre as young soldier.

[–] Madison420 4 points 10 months ago

I mean that's a pattern of corruption or a pattern of "corruption".