Comments on: Dov Hikind to Olmert: Resign http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410 Cutting straight to the point Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:56:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Anonymous http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410/comment-page-1#comment-23456 Anonymous Mon, 11 Dec 2006 09:02:11 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410#comment-23456 Meryl - I can. If Israel wants support, they can accept criticism too. They don't have to heed it, but I bet they cash the checks of American Jews, don't they? It would be very good news if Israel would reform its economy to the point of self-sufficiency; I wish they would. But even if they did, criticism from friends should be welcome - after all it's not as if your enemies will shut up. Meryl – I can. If Israel wants support, they can accept criticism too. They don’t have to heed it, but I bet they cash the checks of American Jews, don’t they?

It would be very good news if Israel would reform its economy to the point of self-sufficiency; I wish they would. But even if they did, criticism from friends should be welcome – after all it’s not as if your enemies will shut up.

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410/comment-page-1#comment-23438 Meryl Yourish Sun, 10 Dec 2006 04:24:12 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410#comment-23438 You know, Mazeartist, I can't argue with that. Good point. You know, Mazeartist, I can’t argue with that.

Good point.

]]> By: mazeartist http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410/comment-page-1#comment-23437 mazeartist Sun, 10 Dec 2006 04:15:23 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410#comment-23437 While I sympathize with Mr. Hikind, if he truly wants his ads to be taken seriously- he should make Aliyah and run for office himself! While I sympathize with Mr. Hikind, if he truly wants his ads to be taken seriously- he should make Aliyah and run for office himself!

]]> By: Cynic http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410/comment-page-1#comment-23431 Cynic Sat, 09 Dec 2006 17:54:58 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410#comment-23431 <blockquote>I don’t know what your problems are with Netanyahu, but he seems to me like he would be a good wartime prime minister, ...</blockquote> Obviously HT you were not in Israel during the two years that Netanyahu served as Prime Minister during the terrorist war which only went from bad to worse until the Israelis managed to get Sharon to lead. Sounds like a dirty joke making someone only fit to anchor CBS evening news a "wartime prime minister". If the Israelis are willing to gamble on something, maybe, just maybe, they can on Netanyahu having learned something during the intervening years.

I don’t know what your problems are with Netanyahu, but he seems to me like he would be a good wartime prime minister, …

Obviously HT you were not in Israel during the two years that Netanyahu served as Prime Minister during the terrorist war which only went from bad to worse until the Israelis managed to get Sharon to lead.
Sounds like a dirty joke making someone only fit to anchor CBS evening news a “wartime prime minister”.

If the Israelis are willing to gamble on something, maybe, just maybe, they can on Netanyahu having learned something during the intervening years.

]]> By: Ed Hausman http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410/comment-page-1#comment-23427 Ed Hausman Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:30:47 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410#comment-23427 Dov Hikind is a Jew and an elected official, so his opinion is appropriate. That doesn't mean he's right, just connected enough to raise the money for all this propaganda. Now that we know what he's against, what is he for? Anybody can complain. Who does he support instead, what policies would he like to see, and how does he propose to make them work? The current situation is complex. Israel has a vital and turbulent society with many ambitious leaders. How many of them REALLY want Ehud Olmert's job RGHT NOW? Dov Hikind is a Jew and an elected official, so his opinion is appropriate. That doesn’t mean he’s right, just connected enough to raise the money for all this propaganda.

Now that we know what he’s against, what is he for? Anybody can complain. Who does he support instead, what policies would he like to see, and how does he propose to make them work?

The current situation is complex. Israel has a vital and turbulent society with many ambitious leaders. How many of them REALLY want Ehud Olmert’s job RGHT NOW?

]]> By: Michael Lonie http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410/comment-page-1#comment-23422 Michael Lonie Sat, 09 Dec 2006 01:09:21 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410#comment-23422 A currently serving American public official calls for the resignation of the head of government of a friendly but independent nation? Does anybody but me sense some impropriety there? That's a bit like Red Ken Livingstone, Lord Mayor of London, calling for Nancy Pelosi's resignation on the grounds that she is not socialist enough or satisfactorily pro-Arab, except that Hikind is a lot more obscure and at a lower political level than Red Ken is. Granted that Hikind is more sensible than Red Ken by light years, it still seems improper. A currently serving American public official calls for the resignation of the head of government of a friendly but independent nation? Does anybody but me sense some impropriety there? That’s a bit like Red Ken Livingstone, Lord Mayor of London, calling for Nancy Pelosi’s resignation on the grounds that she is not socialist enough or satisfactorily pro-Arab, except that Hikind is a lot more obscure and at a lower political level than Red Ken is. Granted that Hikind is more sensible than Red Ken by light years, it still seems improper.

]]> By: HT http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410/comment-page-1#comment-23421 HT Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:33:01 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410#comment-23421 Meryl, my apologies. I was just going by memory...I remember the comment quite clearly, but not the byline. But if you like Churchill (or at least don't not like him), so much the better! On the other hand, I also wrote Hamas when I meant Hezbollah, so at least I'm consistent in my confusion. Meryl, my apologies. I was just going by memory…I remember the comment quite clearly, but not the byline. But if you like Churchill (or at least don’t not like him), so much the better!

On the other hand, I also wrote Hamas when I meant Hezbollah, so at least I’m consistent in my confusion.

]]> By: Meryl Yourish http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410/comment-page-1#comment-23420 Meryl Yourish Sat, 09 Dec 2006 00:24:00 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410#comment-23420 HT, I don't believe I said anything about Churchill in a recent post. There are several co-bloggers here. Check the byline. HT, I don’t believe I said anything about Churchill in a recent post. There are several co-bloggers here. Check the byline.

]]> By: HT http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410/comment-page-1#comment-23419 HT Fri, 08 Dec 2006 23:41:08 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410#comment-23419 I don't know what your problems are with Netanyahu, but he seems to me like he would be a good wartime prime minister, like Churchill. Of course, in a recent post you didn't seem to like Churchill much, either. But the point is to win the war, not a popularity contest. You also don't seem to think much of Bush & Co., but the fact is that while making happy talk (the best kind of stalling tactic, as it doesn't give the enemy anything to shoot at really), they gave Olmert enough time to do the job in Lebanon--if he hadn't wasted it waffling his way to giving Hamas a political victory, that is. It is that kind of missed opportunity that highlights Olmert's true unsuitability to occupy the position he does at this point in history. I don’t know what your problems are with Netanyahu, but he seems to me like he would be a good wartime prime minister, like Churchill. Of course, in a recent post you didn’t seem to like Churchill much, either. But the point is to win the war, not a popularity contest.

You also don’t seem to think much of Bush & Co., but the fact is that while making happy talk (the best kind of stalling tactic, as it doesn’t give the enemy anything to shoot at really), they gave Olmert enough time to do the job in Lebanon–if he hadn’t wasted it waffling his way to giving Hamas a political victory, that is. It is that kind of missed opportunity that highlights Olmert’s true unsuitability to occupy the position he does at this point in history.

]]> By: Sabba Hillel http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410/comment-page-1#comment-23417 Sabba Hillel Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:17:38 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2006/12/08/2410#comment-23417 I guess the next Prim Minister of Israel <b>has</b> to be the Mashiach. Noone else is available and he is supposed to come when all appears to be lost. I guess the next Prim Minister of Israel has to be the Mashiach. Noone else is available and he is supposed to come when all appears to be lost.

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