Golda Meir He Aint

There really is no point discussing the aftermath and details of the Winograd Report. It didn't say anything we didn't already know since about Day 7 of the war. Olmert was inept, inexperienced, and gave the Army free reign because of it. Peretz was disgustingly inept, horrifically inexperienced, and incredibly stupid to even do the minimal aspects of the job of Minister of Defense. Halutz was a "fly boy" who had no conceptual knowledge of how to fight a ground war. He insisted on using air power, solely, to achieve his objectives, over the immense protest from the ground forces command. He refused to use the "book" that had been planned and practiced extensively for the exact scenario that occurred. He was disgustingly arrogant and refused to take anybody else's advise until it was too late to be effective. DUH!!!

We already knew all this. The only thing we have really learned here is how disgustingly arrogant and selfish our dear Prime Minister Olmert continues to be. In the immediate aftermath of the war, Olmert blamed every failure on his predecessors, and continued to toe the line that he did everything right. He was a lawyer to the very end. Now, when the proof of his responsibility and malfeasance is laid out, he still refuses to acknowledge his part in the whole debacle and continues to detract any semblance of accountability away from himself. He says the government made mistakes, and he won't resign, because he needs to stay and fix those errors. He refuses to acknowledge that the mistake was his; the error he needs to fix his himself. And, the only way to correct that error is to step down. In the aftermath of the Yom Kippur War, Golda Meir and Moshe Dayan, amongst others, knew that not only did they have to step down because of the their errors, but they had to step down in order to start the process of fixing the moralle of the country. Had they refused to resign, the country's faith in the government to do what's right for the people would have been shattered. Let's put it in plain terms here. Olmert doesn't give a damn about the people. He is delusional enough to think that if he can just stay in power until the end of his term, he'll be able to do something in order to regain some popularity. OK, let's put it in even plainer terms. He's a power hungry S.O.B., and he's not going to let anyone force him out of a seat he's spent more than 2 decades trying to sit in. READ THE REST...

However, at this point, it's no longer in Olmert's hands. He's dead in the water. It's just a matter of time until some-one fishes him out. Here's what Olmert is most likely going to do in order to regain some semblance of popularity or effectivity. He's going to make one last push to get Shalit back. The government is a laughing joke. Olmert believes that in order to get Kadima to keep in power, he has to ante up and prove he can run a government. I truly believe that within the week, we will little rumors flying that Olmert is caving in to the bloody demands of HAMAS in order to get Shalit back. How sad that it won't work. Olmert will still be kicked out, and thousands of murderers will be let out to put more blood directly on Olmert's hands. Shalit will be returned, but at the price of a selfish man willing to risk hundreds of lives for a few more days of reprieve.

Make no mistake about it. The Army's mistakes are being corrected and are being corrected well. The only this is happening is because Halutz had the presence of mind to finally call it quits and allow for a complete overhaul of the top echelons of the military. The government's mistakes can't be correct either until those responsible for those mistakes hold themselves accountable and step aside. Both Olmert and Peretz are a ticking time bomb waiting to go off, and not even a daring and dangerous rescue of Shalit can save them now.

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