Gershon Wolf Poet Couplet

Failures Colossal

     Nine months after October 6, 1973
     PM Golda Meir of Israel was history
     
     For an intelligence failure colossal
     She became a political fossil…

     Fast forward to October 7, 2023
     When Hamas went on a barbaric spree

     Killing more Jews than any day since the Holocaust ended
     Yet PM ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu’s had his term extended
     
     Where is the leader to end Bibi’s reign
        ~ flush him and his generals down yesterday's drain



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     On October 6, 1973, Egyptian pontoons crossed the Suez Canal
     into Israeli-held Sinai, unchecked by Israeli forces, a colossal 
     intelligence failure on the part of Israel's military. Prime Minister 
     (PM) Golda Meir and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan were sacked 
     nine months later---despite being heroes to much of Israel's 
     populace.

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sara Etgen-Baker July 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM I wonder as well....is there no accountability with leadership????!!

Joseph P. DiMino July 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM Middle east politics is complicated -- never certain, peace and violence can break out in a heartbeat -- when least expected. Difficult for me to have an opinion, having to depend on mainstream news for everything. God bless Israel. I pray for peace. Gershon Wolf July 16, 2025 at 3:25 PM I think the media makes M-E politics more complicated than they really are. Really. ~ gw