This lies at the foot of the man I voted for, George Walker Bush.

Olmert only capitulated to pressure from Washington. And it was a bit of a stretch to expect some guy out of his depth like Olmert to defy the only true friend the Israelis have on the face of the earth.

My country has acquired far too much sway over the foreign policy of Israel. It’s unhealthy for the Israelis and for us.

It was this administration that effectively pulled the rug out from under the IDF and Olmert. Let’s not blind ourselves to that.

Take a good look at the provisions of the arrangement that Rice SIGNED OFF ON before they were proffered to Olmert and the Cabinet. If you have the stomach that is. The very fact that she EVEN PARTICIPATED IN SUCH SQUALID DISCUSSIONS is breath takingly brain dead.

We can only hope that GW is but the McClellan, that will but precede the genuine figure who will see the drama out, and victoriously out at that.

Netanyahu would have attacked the enemies of the Israeli state, {and let’s be blunt, the enemies of the Jewish people, because the distinction between the state of Israel and security of ordinary non-Israeli Jews is NOW non-existant}.

And the thing I see clearly, is that it’s only going to get worse.

Anti-semitism on American streets and colleges will surely rise, as the Left follows the example of Europe. Which they always do.

I’m truly sickened at our foreign policy which has left the Israelis exposed on the diplomatic front. It’s utterly degenerate.

When Congress passes legislation BARRING former politicians from accepting positions or consultancies with mideast think tanks, and bars their acceptance of any cash that is sourced to petrodollars, THEN WE’LL KNOW that the time of Saudi/Arab dominance is coming to a conclusion.

Until such time, expect little or nothing from Washington.

They’re scared to death at the enormity and scope of the strategic challenge to the United States.

We’ve commenced a “decades long” Cold War against jihadist islam, which has lasted 1,300 plus years. AND SIMULTANEOUSLY, in the Far East, we’re seeing the rise of an even greater strategic problem, in the rise of China.

And in as much as those two entities will have the same strategic foe, it’s only natural to expect them to find similar interests, and ultimately, to forge a temporary, but nonetheless vast strategic alliance.

And to this, and against this, we’ve got the worst communicator in Presidential history. We’ve got a guy who barely, BARELY stumbles and bumbles his way through the English language.

We need a Lincoln, a Churchill, and we’ve got a verbal cripple on our hands.

We need iron in our leadership, and we’ve got men who wander off for consultations with Kofi Anan, a thoroughgoing worm like figure, involved in the GREATEST financial scandal in history. And we’re supposed to believe that at such a place, led by such a creature, the answers to the age old jihadist blood lust is to be found. The very notion is pure gallows’s humour.

Why didn’t the Israelis vote for Netanyahu? If we had Netanyahu the Tehran Manhattan project would already be ash.

What the hell possessed the Israelis to turn away from the one man of ability and persuasiveness they have, for a Mayoral non-entity. The only campaign Olmert ran was wandering the length of Israel with a big poster of Sharon behind him.

The Left and Peres still can’t find the error that pervaded the whole Oslo process.

The religious parties still jockey and posture for political spoils when the nation’s security is truly at risk.

And Netanyahu is shackled because he’s too “American” and has certain irrelevant scandals attached to him.

It’s absolutely surreal. Surreal.

In which case, Kofi Anan will issue a harshly worded condemnation, Hezbollah will say “Mossad did it,” and the whole thing will be forgotten in the rush to condemn Israel again.

Words on paper are meaningless in the ME.

Other than that — and including that, on balance — it sucks rocks.

The difference between Article 6 and Article 7 would only matter if you had a force that was both willing and able to engage Hezbollah. Given the way this is being set up, it doesn’t matter . . . unless Hezbollah badly misplays their hand and attacks UNIFIL. Unlikely; it’s like Eric stabbing Lyle.

Here’s what we get: UNIFIL, without Chapter 7 rights, which are a bit foggy to me

Basically that which Rice a few weeks ago said was unacceptable: ” a return to the status quo!”
And Syria’s proxy wins.