[AdmSmith]

There was no element of surprise in Hezbollah's deployment," Yadlin said. "During the past year, we passed intelligence assessments on to the decision-making level, including comprehensive information on long-range missiles supplied to Hezbollah."

It is the same story again and again the decision makers are not listening to what the intel provides.

[jeffers]

There's a learning curve going into every new war. Bush and Rumsfeld were pretty sloppy at the beginning of OEF, but had much improved by the time OIF rolled around and I suspect the education continues as OIFII progresses.

The jury's still out on Olmert, we'll see if he has ths stones for this before too long goes by. At the most, two weeks should tell the tale.