A full dose of innocence and eye-rolling is required to believe the IDF's response to the revelation that the army has dramatically inflated data indicating an increase in the number of ultra-Orthodox recruits. According to data revealed by Carmela Menashe in Network B, the army reported false data and reported an increase of Three in arriving at the ultra-Orthodox. The IDF spokesman acknowledged the facts but said it was "a mistake in counting the ultra-Orthodox soldiers in recent years."

The IDF claims at least raise significant questions, not only because it is the data transferred to the chief of staff and his political and political echelons, but because it is not the first time. In recent years, the IDF has been caught up in many inaccuracies around operational events or issues, and also with regard to the type of data now being revealed. - At best - choose the military to continue to adhere to the false numbers to evade their image.

For reasons related solely to media needs, the military therefore gives the public and its representatives incorrect information, precisely on issues that are in serious public and political controversy. Such cases are serious in themselves, but the thing that should now raise concern is the possibility that the military is doing the same with regard to other issues, which are not always disclosed and publicized.

How credible are the reports and statements made by senior officers regarding the strength and readiness of the IDF for war or operation that all security forces can break through at any moment? Are emergency depots and reserve forces capable? Are measures taken to protect the home front, which is expected to absorb large numbers of missiles? ?

Who can guarantee that the senior command of the army has limited the false reports he has given to the government, the Knesset and the public only to the recruiting data? Can an officer who deflates vis-à-vis politically significant figures in front of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee may not try to beautify the situation regarding the military's fighting capabilities? And what is the chance at all to avoid it?

This is not a conspiracy question. Even among officers who have completed their duties, there are questions about the reliability of the reports and the competence of the military. A document released on Ynet revealed serious warnings and problems raised by senior officers, including Major General Yair Golan, and Maj. Gen. Yitzhak Brick's reports raised countless red and alarming flags, without mentioning the IDF's performance on systems such as firm cliff and other operational events.

In order not to be surprised on the first day of the next war, the new chief of staff is tasked with eradicating from the military ranks the so-called "Pak with credibility." To his credit, it is said that so far he seems to be acting resolutely in the right direction. Difficult, which of course must be prevented - the rooting of the country's military-rendering culture can be particularly devastating and tragic.