I did not elect the former chief of staff, but I know he is a patriot • His constituents, who compete who will despise him more, should look in the mirror and wonder how it happens to them over and over again • Opinion
As a former military man, and with nationalist views with a dash of liberalism, I look at the Israeli left camp and am amazed time and time again.
Every time I think of this camp, the same melody plays in my head, from the seminary of Zohar Argov - "No future, no hope, no dream ...".
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One can argue about directions and ideas, one can also sometimes try and attack the national worldview, but it is really impossible to understand how the left camp slaughters again and again, and brutally intensifies, the one who chooses to lead it in the last generation - Peres, Barak, Mitzna, Peretz, Yachimovich, Gabay, and now Ganz.
And if we have already touched on Bnei Gantz, a major general in the reserve, a commander of Sheldag and the paratroopers' brigade in the past - pay attention to the variety of nicknames that the camp, which gave him hope, calls him - from "zero to zero" The rest of the "diamonds".
There is no doubt that Gantz failed - he did not present a substantial alternative, his political power is weak, his media standing is shaky, and he really is not at his best, to say the least.
But really, why over and over again does the leftist camp manage to slaughter its leaders so brutally?
And what do we learn from this?
After all, you, my friends on the left, are the ones who re-elect the "idol" on duty every time, and shortly afterwards you throw it to the dogs.
You have no God?
What does this say about your choice?
About your understanding of leadership and people in general?
Honestly, is there anyone with a stature who is willing today to lead this camp, on the understanding that he is going to be another serial victim on the honorable mention list?
The amazing thing is that this is a so-called enlightened, tolerant and pluralistic camp.
And what does your attitude to your leaders indicate?
It is clear that you are light years away from the values you put on in their image.
You are neither enlightened nor tolerant.
Mostly you are not loyal, and you do not have the minimum trust in the person you choose.
Modesty is from you onwards - maybe there is something here that you did not understand anymore?
Maybe you are in a leadership-values-vertigo and have not yet reset yourself?
But worse, taking people with a public or military record, trusting them, and within months rolling them in the trash can as if they were an unimportant piece of garbage is an act he will not do.
I did not choose Bnei Gantz.
I know him, and know what his abilities are.
You too knew, do not be naive.
So what are you complaining about?
I will not discuss the defense minister's political skills, but one thing I can say about him - he is an 'abandoner'.
He is a good man, honest and trustworthy.
He is a man who is very comfortable to work with.
He listens.
Really listening.
So he is certainly not a great politician, but from here and turn him into a trampled escapade?
What is it if not a hopeless syndrome of self-hatred?
In practice this is not even a syndrome, it is a chronic disease.
This man, like the others mentioned in the list, worked day and night for the people of Israel on unconditional terms, while sacrificing an inconceivable personal price of 40 years of life.
You had 5 months to see him in a political position and you deleted him as if he were nothing.
This is a shame.
Just thinking that a few months ago you gave him over a million votes at the ballot box.
I am not a leftist, but I am an Israeli patriot.
I chose otherwise, but I will never forget who Benny Gantz is.
And I will never treat him as you do, his constituents treat him.
Still, for 40 years the man has led people after him, apparently he is a little more valued than those who trample him.
As an Israeli, officer and commander, I am ashamed of the way the left camp treats people who have sacrificed so much for the country.
When I see how they treat those leaders, even though I have a deep disagreement with them in the worldview, I understand that they are not worthy of these people.
The author is a former commander of an armored brigade, currently a researcher of military-social relations, author of the books "Clear Direction", and "The Man in the Tank".
