IDF after a thousand days of warfare
On October 7, we did not have a small and smart army; we had a small, foolish, and very arrogant army. Not on the personal level, but in terms of conduct. Alternative thinking was neglected,…
Assessment
A retired senior officer delivers a searing institutional critique on the thousand-day mark of war, arguing the IDF's failure on October 7 was not a matter of individual competence but of systemic arrogance and intellectual stagnation. The assessment targets the military's dismissal of alternative thinking, including from political leadership, as a root cause. This frames the ongoing conflict not as a recovery from surprise but as a reckoning with deep organizational flaws that remain unresolved.