IDF planning largest-ever drill to prepare Israel for war

[Jefferson23]

**The 'war is peace' initiative.

Last update - 05:20 07/04/2009
By Anshel Pfeffer


The Home Front Command is preparing to hold the largest exercise ever in Israeli history, scheduled to take place in about two months, in hopes of priming the populace and raising awareness of the possibility of war breaking out.

Should there be a war, Israel would have insufficient emergency and rescue response units, according to a senior Home Front Command officer.

Speaking with Haaretz, Col. Hilik Sofer, who is in charge of the Department for Population at the Home Front Command, said that "in wartime there will be insufficient Magen David Adom, rescue and chemical and biological warfare units. Even if we call up the reserves of the Home Front Command, we will have to rely on the population itself."
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"We need to train for a reality in which during war missiles can fall on any part of the country without warning," he said.

The Home Front Command is hoping to convince the population that in a future war the entire country can become a front without warning.

more here:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1077035.html

[bunnies]

1. In other words...

"youre all fucked when we attack Iran - but dont say we didnt warn you".

[azurnoir]

2. So can we take it that the new government is feeling

a bit "insecure" about public support, nothing whipping up fear to help the right wing

[bemildred]

3. That was my take.

Either that or what Bunnies said. I still don't think they are going to attack Iran, but if they do, it won't be pretty.

[henank]

4. No. You can take it that

the Israeli government is being responsible towards its citizens. It realizes that it lives in a neighbourhood with highly unstable neighbours, most of whom have the capacity to shoot missiles at large swathes of the country. In that respect it has decided to hold an exercise in order to drill the populace in case of emergency.

There really is nothing sinister in all this. You can stop seeing bogeymen behind every Israeli statement. You can take your tinfoil hats off now.

[bemildred]

5. Israel is easily the most unstable country in its immediate neighborhood.

Not that any of them are winners in that category. It's like it's communicable or something.

[azurnoir]

6. Yes we used to have similar drills here in US

back when the USSR was certainly going to attack us