Posted on 08/14/2006 12:52:24 PM PDT by jmc1969
A Globes-Smith survey published on Monday showed that the majority of Israelis (52 percent) believe the IDF was unsuccessful in its Lebanon offensive, as opposed to 44 percent who believe the army did well.
According to the survey, 58 percent of the public believes Israel achieved few if any objectives in the war, up from 16 percent 11 days ago.
The survey showed that only 3 percent of Israelis believe that the country achieved most or all of its pre-war objectives, down from 33 percent a week ago.
According to the survey, were the elections held today Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s Kadima party would receive less than 20 mandates (as opposed to the 29 it received in the March elections), while Defense Minister Amir Peretz’s Labor party would receive only 12 mandates (as opposed to the 19 it obtained in the recent elections).
66 percent: Ceasefire agreement not good
Overall, 60 percent of those who voted for Kadima and Labor said they would not vote for them, with most becoming undecided voters at this time.
The picture emerging from the new survey is fundamentally different from the one prevalent during the month of the war in the North, where the public expressed its support for both the government and military – positions that can be characterized as "patriotic."
Only six percent of respondents said they thought the Security Council resolution that ended the fighting is good and achieves most of Israel's objections. Meanwhile, 66 percent believe the agreement is not good – only a quarter of those said this is the best agreement that can be obtained under the circumstances. Overall, 38 percent said the deal is not good but Israel had no choice but to accept it.
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An all too familiar story in the U.S., past and present...
When I saw the IDF bringing up the bulldozers... I knew they were going to handle it the same way as in Gaza.
"the IDF was not allowed to win: the political leadership failed them and Israel."
Right. But bottom line, show us the butcher's bill, the Hezbavomit guys did most of the dying there.
I agree. I can't understand why in the world the Israelis would agree to a cease fire other than public opinion. They will not win world public opinion in any circumstance.
Who cares what the world thinks of you as the knife slices across your neck?
Total victory is the only option.
Boy, the media just can't wait to pat the terrorists on the back.
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I agree. I can't understand why in the world the Israelis would agree to a cease fire other than public opinion. They will not win world public opinion in any circumstance.
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Here is what I am hoping... and it's hope on my part only because I simply do not know.
I hope that Israel is just stalling to allow the world to see that Hezbollah has no intention of a cease-fire and then Israel pounds those jackasses into the history books!
I can only hope...
I still CAN'T believe why Israeli don't learn from us... Leftists sound good for a "supposed" utopia society but in reality they will get you killed!!!
The IDF didn't fail. Liberal Olmert failed when he didn't let the Generals run the show. Liberals always fail when it comes to military action. They're whiners, appeasers, cowards.
Probably wherever you heard the news that Moqtada al-Sadr was surrounded in Najaf ... and our Marines were ordered to stand down.
The IDF had four whole weeks to erase Hezbollah! There aren't any terrorists left in Iraq after only a few years of fighting, are there?
Most civilians nowadays expect wars to be done within the timeframe of a television miniseries. They're spoiled rotten!
Then the IDF should have been allowed to keep fighting.
Resolution 1559 didn't work, and was not enforced, why should this new cease fire be any different.
The IDF was presented with an enormous tactical challenge, targeting and destroying the rocket launchers attacking their civilians. Nothing short of a full invasion and cleaning out all the territory captured would achieve this goal.
The IDF didn't fail; Olmert kept it from winning. See: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1681379/posts
You're right. Here's an earlier FR post that proves it: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1681379/posts
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