THE IDF: 20 YEARS OF MISGUIDED PLANNING. With General Itzhak Brik

In this in-depth special edition of Israel Update we bring you (with English subtitles) a conversation with General Itzhak Brik – the man who has been sounding the alarm about the lack of IDF preparedness for many years. The IDF brass routinely dismissed his warnings. But Israel has since learned the hard way that he was right. Brik walked us through the mistakes that brought about the decline of Israel's military force under the false conception that big wars are a thing of the past and that a small technological army would do to keep Israel safe. We also asked him how ready Israel may be for a war with Hezbollah.

This conversation was recorded a month ago. We thank the indefatigable Elizabeth Rimini for her careful translation. Please visit her video channel: http://bit.ly/EliRim