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Byline: Kevin Peraino And Joanna Chen
When Israeli prime Minister Ariel Sharon was felled by a stroke last year, pundits proclaimed Israel would no longer be dominated by its military heroes. Sharon's predecessor, the ex-commando Ehud Barak, had been banished to the wilderness, and Ehud Olmert, Sharon's successor, was a corporate lawyer who'd spent most of his military service as a combat journalist. His pick for Defense minister, moreover, was Amir Peretz, a former trade unionist. Israel, it seemed, had finally entered a purely civilian era.
What a difference a bungled war can make. In the aftermath of last summer's disastrous campaign in Lebanon, ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Return of the Generals; Israelis start looking to ex-soldiers for...