What's FUBAR in Hebrew?
I have no idea how to translate this well known military acronym into Hebrew, but this report—“IDF Report Card”—from The Jerusalem Post suggests that there were many Israeli soldiers mouthing the phrase during the recent war in Lebanon. Here’s an extract of a much longer five-screen article. [Thanks to Ben]
Possibly one of the greatest disgraces of the war were the shortages in water and food described by reservists. Other soldiers spoke about shortages in equipment. Reservists from the elite Egoz unit were forced to collect donations from abroad after they were sent into battle without flak jackets.
Others spoke about how they were left with no choice but to loot local Lebanese stores. One reservist said he knew beforehand that the IDF would fail to provide for its soldiers and brought US dollars with him, leaving bills in family homes where he and his comrades ate.
