Why Israel defense force?

[Mutherpucker]

Why put defense forces, why not simply put "Israeli Forces"

[Spinkyone]

IDF pretty much covers the entirety of operational military Israeli forces; it is the correct title for a military forces likely to be encountered in PR anywho without including special branches or policing aspects.

EDIT: Hate to say it but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces does give quite an accurate description of structure from what I understand. IDF pretty much encompasses everything military likely to be encountered in PR scenarios.

[anselmi]

Israel Defense Forces - öáà ääâðä ìéùøàì

It's the official name for them.

Just like they use USMC or United States Marine Core and not just Marines or something like that.

[Herbiie]

Why put defense forces, why not simply put "Israeli Forces"

It's the same as the ADF - it's their real name.

It's supposed to make them basically be trying to give the impression that their military is for self-defence only.

[KP]

This thread has been answered well - it's because IDF is the IDF's real name.

Locked for the above reason.