Olmert's not a Republican and in fact not even an American. Take this where it belongs: Israel wimped out, Olmert is a notorious lefty whose entire family is active in left-wing "peace" causes in Israel, and he obviously had no heart to go through with it. Bush can only do so many things, and running a foreign country (Israel) is not one of them.
That said, I don't think Syria plans to do anything. The Middle Eastern nuts have found that they can bluster and howl without ever being held accountable. Furthermore, it's almost as good as really attacking, thanks to our press. All they have to do is say some irrational thing and it is magnified so that the world trembles. It's a lot cheaper than war, too.
Exactly. I read a report that Olmert quashed an IDF plan to invade Lebanon from north of the river, as well as destroying the Hezbo headquarters in a first strike, which would have beheaded the Hezbos leadership, as well as cutting the terrorists off from both retreat and resupply.
Mark