Reply #4: I'm probably peeing into the wind here, but I find the idea

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that military organizations are about anything but violence and
deceit very funny. All armies throughout history have lied
whenever they wanted to, as a matter of policy, as a matter of
expediency, to anyone they felt like lying to, and to expect
that the IDF is different in any way is ludicrous. And of course,
in order that the lying may be effective, they all pretend that
they do not, that they follow rules and have laws, but in practice,
when the chips are down, they do whatever they like, no morals or
ethics of any kind apply.