The Lesson of '73.

I think that the israeli public (especially the politicians) believes that Israel is indestructible and that no matter how stupid a policy we adopt it would always be possible to pay a blood price and extricate ourselves from the consequences .
This was the result of the yom kipur war where the best efforts of the arabs combined with the worst efforts of the israeli government and IDF high command and still ended up in jewish victory. I don't necessarily disagree with this attitude I just don't like paying blood prices for goals I disapprove of.