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There is nothing you can do about "armchair generals". They are all over the place. I consider myself an "armchair general" but I don't know what I would do in this situation. This type of situation is the purview of the diplomats not the warriors.

Oh, I don't mind people trying to come up with ideas and solutions (armchair generals), it's sort of like playing detective. My hackles only rise when some get all high 'n mighty...as if they think they have all the sure-fired answers and if we'd only listen to them, all would be hunkey-dorey. I feel as though there are too many who haven't given our President, and even Olmert, the credit we'd give a kindergartener's first piece of artwork. I truly believe that there is far more going on behind the scenes, and I will keep the faith that they, and those people who give them counsel, have a plan and know what they're doing.

My hackles only rise when some get all high 'n mighty...as if they think they have all the sure-fired answers and if we'd only listen to them, all would be hunkey-dorey. I feel as though there are too many who haven't given our President, and even Olmert, the credit we'd give a kindergartener's first piece of artwork.

I am guilty of being apart of this group. Olmert was in a very difficult position. He was fighting the battle on three fronts: the actual battle,the battle on the homefront,and the battle of world opinion. He did a wonderful job holding together the "homefront" and managing world opinion. IMHO,there are lot of people felt that he was holding back on the battlefront and I am one of these people. He is controlling one the mightiest war machine in the world and he was not unleashing the full fury of the Israeli military on the enemy. Many people in his own party, in the Knesset and many Israeli citizens feel the the same way. Soon, there is elections and the people will ultimately decide whether Olmert did a good job. And they are going to decide whether he did a good job through the ballot box. The elections is truly a referendum on how he prosecuted the war effort. But I feel if the election were held today, Netanyahu would be Prime Minister. I think that he would be the appropriate PM in this time especially when you have an enemy still not totally defeated. But this is just my opinion. POTUS did a great job on the diplomatic front especially the mounting of world opinion against Israel. Now, we need to pray for the soldiers who are still hostages and their families.