Ehud Barak says the IDF is the most 'moral army in the world'. Do you agree?

mir miron

Yes I agree...

Survivor of the Hezbollah war.

jeeper_peeper321

It could be,

Whose Army do you compare the IDF to ?

Russia ?
Canada ?
US ?
Britian ?
Arab armies ?

All armies have people who things they should not do, when engaged in combat

You cannot fault an entire army for the acts of a few.

An example, people whould say Canada has an upstanding military.

But Canadian soldiers partialy skinned a 15 yr old girl alive, in Somolia.

That doesn't mean the Canadian military is bad, just the soldiers who did it .

kismet

I agree with Barak's statement.

The United States uses overwhelming force against its enemies, even though the threats are distant and pose no danger to the existence of the nation or the immediate security of its citizens. The threat Israel faces is immediate in time and physical proximity, and poses a direct danger to Israeli citizens. More than 6,000 rockets have now fallen on Israel's cities and now that Hamas has acquired long-range missiles, more than 900,000 civilians are in danger. Still, Israel has not used its full might as the Powell Doctrine dictates. The use of force has been judicious and precise.

Israeli soldiers do not deliberately target noncombatants. The murder of innocents is the goal of the Palestinian terrorists. In fact, what other army drops leaflets to warn people to leave an area they intend to attack even though it gives up the element of surprise and allows the bad guys to hide as well as the innocent to escape?

IDF activities are governed by an overriding policy of restraint and a determination to take all possible measures to prevent harm to innocent civilians.

No innocent Palestinians would be in any danger if the Palestinian Authority took steps to stop terrorism or if the international community, especially the Arab world, had pressured Hamas to stop attacking Israel.

No innocent Palestinians would be in danger if Hamas terrorists did not deliberately hide among them. If the peace-seeking Palestinians prevented the terrorists from living in their midst, Israel would have no reason to come to their neighborhoods.

It is a tragedy whenever innocent lives are lost, and Israelis have consistently expressed their sadness over Arab casualties. By contrast, when innocent Israelis are murdered by terrorists, Hamas holds rallies to celebrate the murders.

x x

The IDF is fighting an immoral enemy with the utmost restraint. Screw stupid Liberal/Democrats that are turning their backs on the only democracy in the middle East.
Except for Rom Emanuel who accepts dual citizenship due to his taking a Commission in the IDF as a Captain. We should revoked his US citizenship!

Greenie M

yes. but what's funny it is not helping us.
there was a sociological research paper i'd seen a few years ago, and the main thesis of it was (i don't remember the exact phrasing) that the the IDF soldiers not rape the palestinian woman, because they racists, and they not consider those woman humans on their level.

even i, who used to the distorted logic of israel-haters were shocked by this.

Not Your Avg. Frat Boy

Sports youre a f*cking ignorant dumb @ss. The US and Israel are close allies. We will NEVER fight them.

Tyreeisme!

yes i agree with Mr, Barak, it is much more moral than Hamas!!!!!!!.

mick t

Given that they are fighting a force that uses its own civilian population as human shields simply for propaganda purposes (known as the CNN strategy), the IDF have shown admirable restraint. Therefore I would say that they are as moral as any army could be in that situation.
It would be immoral for the Israeli army not to defend its citizens. Hamas fired 3278 rockets and mortars at civilian targets in Israel during 2008.

hopeless

Yes I do as he is the man who had to resign because of his dodgy dealings backhanders so in his words and his presidents words(who incidentaly is being charged with rape i think?)So please don`t believe evry thing these so called politicians tell ypu they are out to get what ever thay can lieng cheating is nothing new to these monsters.

THUG LIFE

One thing I will say about the Israelis is they make really good weapons.

Marine5

Yes I agree...

Krunchee

A moral army is a contradiction in terms. Soldiers can and do very nice things as individuals. Even go on humanitarian missions as part of their duty as soldiers. But by and large the military doesn't try to be nice to people, it's really not why they practice with firearms, armored vehicles, explosives, hand-to-hand combat, and sneaky tactics to use them all to their greatest effect.

War crimes and atrocities are always what the "other guy" does, but the fact is, every side in war is somebody's other guy. That said, it sure would be nice if Hamas would stop launching rockets at Israel for no clear purpose other than to aggravate the situation...

Bill R

i have never seen them in action, so i wont pass judgement

melanieb1985

No, far from it.

The most moral army in the world wouldn't be involved in scandals everytime they are doing military actions.

Julian Karswell

I suspect for Barak 'moral' is that which is in the narrow ethno-nationalist interests of Israel. So by his satanic definition the answer would be yes

The Library Of Codex

No.

Edmo N

He is a real Terrorist & war criminal, he should be prosecuted for his crimes against innocent PALESTINIANS, also with him are his other criminal cabinate colleagues including Sh. PERES.
* A TURKISK court had issued arrest warrants against them in JANUARY/09 for GAZA Massacres.

Mercer Devil

Not at all.

Drixnot

Nope. The brits, canadians and US all have them beat. I will say it is probably very difficult for their army to be moral when the battle zones are so close to home.

Gent

No. Israel has a culture of terrorising civilian indiginous populations.
They are war criminals.

Israeli army deliberately shoots and kills children and pregnant women in their homes, see the link:

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090320/twl-israeli-army-t-shirts-mock-gaza-kill-3fd0ae9.html

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090320/twl-israeli-troops-shot-gaza-civilians-41f21e0.html

King

Hell no!!!!!!!

sportsfreak01234

lets see how moral they are after the US Army gives them a beating of a lifetime

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