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June 12, 2008
Olmert's Gazastan
Hizbullah terrorists give the Nazi salute in Gaza.
Caroline Glick, the woman who should be Prime Minister of Israel, analyzes the perfidy of the current Olmert government.
The Olmert-Livni-Barak-Yishai government is marching the country into another military confrontation with an Iranian proxy army. As was the case in the last confrontation with an Iranian proxy army two years ago, the country's leaders are fully committed to Israel's strategic defeat in the current one.
Tuesday, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Defense Minister Ehud Barak will meet ahead of Wednesday's security cabinet meeting to determine their preferred course of action in Gaza. As media reports and statements by the three's surrogates over the past several days make clear, Israel's political leaders oppose launching a military campaign aimed at defeating Hamas's Iranian directed, financed, trained and armed army and dislodging Hamas's jihadist regime from power.
Indeed, as their actions and statements over the past several months make clear, what Israel's political leaders really aspire to is a cease-fire agreement with Iran's Palestinian proxy regime. Under the proposed cease-fire, Hamas will suspend or scale back its illegal missile war against Israeli civilians in the South. In return, Israel will effectively accept Hamas rule of Gaza. Israel will allow Hamas to continue to build up its military forces in Gaza and have open access to the Sinai.
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Posted by Robert J. Avrech at June 12, 2008 10:55 AM
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I still cant understand how Olmert remains in power.
It's a disgrace.
The sad thing is that alot of good people will pay the price for his foul-ups.
Posted by: Lance at June 12, 2008 11:11 AM
Lance:
Olmert stays in power because the parliamentary system rewards failure and mediocrity.
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at June 12, 2008 03:53 PM
And it allows for one note parties, like Shas, to extort the system unless they get what they want.
Unfortunately, the Knesset has degenerated into a place where everyone is out to get theirs....
However, it is at the expense of the safety of the country.
It is beating a dead horse to say the Israeli political system is in a desparate need of an overhaul.
Posted by: Lance at June 12, 2008 06:31 PM