Archived material Access restricted Article
Rantburg

Today's Front Page   View All of Tue 08/22/2006 View Mon 08/21/2006 View Sun 08/20/2006 View Sat 08/19/2006 View Fri 08/18/2006 View Thu 08/17/2006 View Wed 08/16/2006
1
2006-08-22 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Olmert tries to defuse public anger
Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.
Posted by Fred 2006-08-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 
If you start out saying Hezbollah can no longer exist, and you end up with Hezbollah claiming victory — whether justified or not — you haven't accomplished what you set out to do.



Olmerac
Posted by RD 2006-08-22 00:39||   2006-08-22 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Sun Tzu paraphrased: Poor leadership trumps superior firepower.
Posted by anymouse">anymouse  2006-08-22 01:07||   2006-08-22 01:07|| Front Page Top

#3 I think Olmert won't live until October.
Posted by Glugum Cregum7405 2006-08-22 01:17||   2006-08-22 01:17|| Front Page Top

#4 In the distant future we'll find out that Olmert was being secretly advised by Robert McNamara.
Posted by PBMcL 2006-08-22 01:28||   2006-08-22 01:28|| Front Page Top

#5 And that idiot wanted to pull out of Judea and Samaria ("west bank"). Israel is less than 10 miles wide at one point. The Arab enemy deserves occupation. I would go further with de-terrorization. And I would toss a 500 yard napalm radius around any place where rockets or missiles were launched (except for desert locations).
Posted by Snease Shaiting3550 2006-08-22 02:39||   2006-08-22 02:39|| Front Page Top

#6 I prefer my ditherers playing Hamlet at the local dinner theatre - not running an allied nation.
Posted by DMFD 2006-08-22 03:23||   2006-08-22 03:23|| Front Page Top

#7 History and events often culminate to give some men the chance at greatness. The greatness may be fleeting, or it may be lasting. In these world changing crisis moments, if greatness is present in a man, it will rise to the surface. I think of Churchill during WWII, Lincoln during the Civil War, and even (though some would laugh) George W. standing in the rubble at ground zero with a megaphone.

Alas, Ehud was also given an opportunity for greatness. But the only things that rose to the surface were fear, mediocrity and incompetence. The sooner Israel is rid of him, the better.
Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-22 08:38||   2006-08-22 08:38|| Front Page Top

#8 Somebody pinch me. You are telling me that Israel is at war and the parliament is in recess ?
Nothing is phalking serious anymore.
Nothing should come between an elected scumbag and his vacation. Jooos who think that way deserve to die.
Posted by wxjames 2006-08-22 08:54||   2006-08-22 08:54|| Front Page Top

#9 Well, eggyoke omelette didn't wasn't what the customers expected. A peacetard is about as tough as custard. Need to move to the next restaurant.
Posted by Duh! 2006-08-22 09:10||   2006-08-22 09:10|| Front Page Top

#10 Olmert can save his political future if he does a few things now. (1) Address the issues the reservists are complaining about. Get everything ready to go to war at a moments notice and do it now (2) Declare the Cease-fire over as soon as there is proof of Syria helping Hezbollah rearm (3) Drive tanks straight to Damascus to start off the next round. Smash the military, disarm everything, hand the government over to the Kurds or Jordan, and then head into the Ba'ka valley on your way home to drive Hezbollah South into Israeli defensive positions.

That would truly send the message to the Islamic world that needs to be sent and could solve Israel's Northern border problems for good (or for decades). It would also help Iraq in the long term as it would free up one borders worth of problems.
Posted by rjschwarz 2006-08-22 14:22||   2006-08-22 14:22|| Front Page Top

#11 rjschwarz - Now that's a plan, LOL. Make it so, Ehud.
Posted by Shung Phinetle2153 2006-08-22 14:24||   2006-08-22 14:24|| Front Page Top

#12 More likely Make it so, Bibi.
Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-08-22 14:57||   2006-08-22 14:57|| Front Page Top

23:39 2b
23:37 Jan
23:37 2b
23:36 Old Patriot
23:33 twobyfour
23:22 Zenster
23:22 twobyfour
23:20 2b
23:11 Jan
23:09 rjschwarz
23:09 rjschwarz
23:08 3dc
23:05 DMFD
23:03 tipper
23:03 3dc
23:00 trailing wife
22:56 trailing wife
22:49 flyover
22:49 trailing wife
22:46 Elmolusing Glomose5369
22:46 flyover
22:43 Zenster
22:42 3dc
22:40 JSU









Paypal:
Google
Search WWW Search rantburg.com