When the guns are roaring - the securityists are never silent.
When the first shot is heard, they immediately abandon their secret daily jobs, shine their shoes, salute the mirror, and attack the open wave of the television channels.
This is the first combat round without Roni Daniel, and an unprecedented amount of retired generals have stepped into his shoes as a military commentator.
There wasn't a broadcast hour without at least one general who explained to us his professional opinion on the developments of Operation "Dawn".
Giora Island, Israel Ziv, Amir Avivi, Chaney, Danny Rothschild, Ilan Lotan, Eyal Eisenberg, Eitan Dangut, Yaakov Nagel and the rest of the group.
And, of course, also the veteran commander Eitan Ben Eliyahu, who during a round of combat functions like Gabi Barbash in the waves of Corona.
Thus, the broadcasts felt like a convention of aging reservists;
How lucky that Orna Barbiei and Tzipi Livni were pulled from the emergency warehouses to balance testosterone levels in the studios.
Divide endlessly.
Nachman Shay in the studio, photo: none
The echoes of the explosions ignited the lively fighting spirit in these generals, and they seemed enthusiastic when they were asked to make the campaign accessible to the frightened public at home.
But why exactly when tensions start in the south, should we rally around those securityists like soldiers rallying around their commanders on the battlefield?
What have we done that those generals and vice-generals, Shin Bet veterans and Mossad refugees, instruct us from morning until lights out on tactics and combat methods, without really giving us anything new? "Such operations are easy to start, but harder to finish," they all explained, and also They described Tehran's effects on those involved, introduced the use of the acronym GAP into the lexicon, analyzed the next steps of the terrorist organizations, met the eliminated senior officials, contradicted themselves, distributed advice according to the position, and most of the time stated the obvious.
According to the broadcasts, we understood that we won in a knockout, photo: Reuters
The securityists talked endlessly, even when there was nothing to say.
"I don't know when the decision was made to eliminate Taysir Jabari," clarified Danny Yatom on News 13, and immediately analyzed that if this is the case then it is a ruse and a genius initiative, and if otherwise then it is procrastination and exploitation of opportunities.
There were also those, such as Avi Dichter and Ram Ben Barak, who tried to plant political messages in their interpretations, and others, such as Tal Russo, who made sure to raise money for themselves ("Everything functioned perfectly, even the systems left over from my time. Iron Dome, for example, I put it in," he mentioned).
However, it should be remembered that by being in the studios around the clock they actually shape the public discourse, and direct the public opinion's view of our forces with the help of unity, ambition, power and fantasy.
According to their smug interpretation of the army's achievements, we realized that this time we won by knockout.
After all, they exalted the capabilities of the IDF, the maneuvers, the intelligence success, the surgical capability of the Air Force, the capabilities of connecting precise fire, and of course they also appreciated that this time the enemy in front of us is greatly deterred.
An explosion after an IDF attack in the Gaza Strip, photo: Reuters
And what will happen next?
"If I were the Minister of Defense, I would not agree to a cease-fire, but would continue until the other side says 'I agree,'" announced on Channel 14 Uzi Dayan, one who refused to digest the coming of peace after the war.
Because with the ceasefire, the residents in the conflict areas will return to normal, and those generals will return to the freeze.
As Brigadier General (resp.) Amir Avivi put it in News 12, "The question is what needs to be done so that we don't meet again in the studio for another year." Because in the end, after the equipment is agreed upon, the question arises: where do the security personnel fly when the lake freezes and the guns are silent?
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