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If Israel Lost The War...
FrontPageMag ^ | 8-17-06 | Michael Widlanski

Posted on 08/17/2006 11:26:13 AM PDT by nancyvideo

It would be funny if it were not so sad. Turning a golden calf into a sacred cow. As the combat has trailed off in Lebanon, it can now be said that whatever Israel’s losses, it has discovered a great comedic genius: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert—a man who sent his army to war, but only after tying its shoelaces together. In fact, Olmert is more than a performing comedic artist; he is also a director of a war cabinet that encompasses a veritable Shakespearean company performing a seemingly endless comedy of errors. Olmert’s defense minister, Amir Peretz, offered to make peace with Syria scarcely hours after a ceasefire in a war promoted by Syrian rockets and propaganda. Only a few hours later, Syrian president Bashar Assad was so impressed by the peace offer that he again threatened to go to war directly against Israel.


TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: appeasement; israel; olmert; waronterror

1 posted on 08/17/2006 11:26:14 AM PDT by nancyvideo
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To: nancyvideo
a man who sent his army to war, but only after tying its shoelaces together.

Great description.

2 posted on 08/17/2006 11:27:47 AM PDT by ncountylee (Dead terrorists smell like victory)
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To: nancyvideo

PC warfare will only perpetuate a state of war. We need to remove these notions of what is right / wrong in warfare.


3 posted on 08/17/2006 11:44:22 AM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: nancyvideo

In keeping with the titled theme...

If the Arabs got rid of their weapons, there'd be no more war.

If the Israelis got rid of their weapons, there'd be no more Israel.

As such, we KNOW what will happen if Israel ever truly loses...of course, there will also likely be a lot of mushroom clouds showing up over Arab cities, random cube-shaped black rocks and certain very large dams in Egypt, but that's another discussion.


4 posted on 08/17/2006 11:44:45 AM PDT by Ancesthntr
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To: ncountylee

I liked that description too.


5 posted on 08/17/2006 11:47:54 AM PDT by conservative blonde (Conservative Blonde)
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To: nancyvideo
Olmert’s defense minister, Amir Peretz, offered to make peace with Syria scarcely hours after a ceasefire in a war promoted by Syrian rockets and propaganda. Only a few hours later, Syrian president Bashar Assad was so impressed by the peace offer that he again threatened to go to war directly against Israel.

It's as if leftists are incapable of recognizing evil, and they think that everyone is just as good-hearted as they fancy themselves to be.

6 posted on 08/17/2006 11:49:55 AM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: nancyvideo; SJackson
The tidal wave of conservative opinion is in, totally and completely rejecting the happy-face being put on the U.N. resolution by Olmert and Bush.

I don't know how they can recover from this. Israel will likely elect Likuud, but here in the States...we'll likely get the opposite...the Rats...

7 posted on 08/17/2006 12:53:09 PM PDT by Paul Ross (We cannot be for lawful ordinances and for an alien conspiracy at one and the same moment.-Cicero)
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To: Ancesthntr


I can't understand why so many seemingly intelligient people can't see that our focus on 'world opinion' is seen a a sign of weakness. Wars now are won or lost in the media, not the battlefield. I'm suprised that Israel seems to have adopted this view.


8 posted on 08/17/2006 1:22:07 PM PDT by nancyvideo (nancyvideo)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
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9 posted on 08/17/2006 3:28:58 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn't do!)
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To: Paul Ross
re: Israel will likely elect Likuud, but here in the States...we'll likely get the opposite...the Rats...)))

Look at Lieberman--the test case for unloading pro-Israel politicians, and Jewish pro-Israel polititians. Only they called it a "referendum on Iraq." All you had to to was read the Lamont blogs to understand that the Soros (nee Shwartz) progressive wing has established that a politician does not have to support Israel to be elected--and supporting Israel will shortly be a liability. Overt anti-Israelism (as opposed to simple benign neglect) is the next step.

10 posted on 08/17/2006 4:49:19 PM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: nancyvideo

If?


11 posted on 08/18/2006 9:28:19 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Mamzelle

Next step total abandonment of Israel? There is no spin here. I ask with real interest and real concern.


12 posted on 08/20/2006 2:08:30 AM PDT by FreeReporting (A leftish Israeli)
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To: FreeReporting

We've seen our last pro-Israel administration.


13 posted on 08/20/2006 8:36:21 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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