With all of the bad news going around lately (recession anyone?), it is nice to see that although our politicians may be ineffectual, our army is still on the ball.
The Israeli airforce scrambled fighter jets to the northern border late on Thursday (on our Yom Kippur holiday) because of an unknown plane nearing our airspace from Lebanon. Perhaps it was nothing, or perhaps it was a “trial balloon” from Hezbollah. In any case, four fighter jets and an attack helicopter made sure that there would be no sneak attack.
The lessons learned thirty-five years ago are still fresh.
I had the same thought–we DID learn something. Bless our guys and gals in uniform for keeping the long lonely watches for the rest of us….
Comment by aliyah06 — October 10, 2008 @ 10:58 am
If you’re referring to the Yom Kippur War, it was 35 years ago.
We were in Jerusalem and had two young daughters at the time. I don’t know if I’ve blogged about it.
Comment by Batya — October 11, 2008 @ 5:26 pm
Sure, an attack on YK is bound to keep the army on their toes for many years to come, if not forever.
The danger is not thinking of other days that an attack could be launched that Israel is not prepared for.
Comment by BraveJeWorld — October 12, 2008 @ 7:56 pm
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Comment by Daniel E. Levenson — October 27, 2008 @ 1:26 am