To the extent we can help schools, investing in specific fields and actually paying teachers for stepping into leadership roles instead of trying to force it as some sort of moral obligation would make a significant impact.
To be sure, you assume myriad liabilities by directly acknowledging responsibility, yet an opportunity was nonetheless lost at the 30, 000-foot level to bear moral responsibility for the fiasco in a way that would not have legal impact.
Ya'alon also dwells on the moral collapse of Israel's political and media elite and that collapse's adverse impact on the senior command echelons of the IDF.