There's an excellent Jersusalem Post piece about Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, the Israeli Chief of the General Staff:

With Iran racing toward nuclear power, Hizbullah amassing weapons and on its way to taking over Lebanon and the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip barely holding together, Ashkenazi has plenty of challenges for the upcoming year.

Brought out of retirement to replace Halutz following the war, the Golani Brigade-bred Ashkenazi was pegged as the only officer around who could properly rehabilitate the IDF and return it to its former glory. To do so, however, he embarked on a mission characterized by an obsession to know everything that is happening in the IDF, all the way down to the last soldier, raising some ire that he is ignoring long-term strategic planning.