I was going to look up the water diversion incident before I wrote these remarks but couldn’t place the name of the waterway.

What I say next gives me no pleasure;

When dealing with bullies and the like, only one policy has been found to work: force. That’s the only policy that can be successfully applied when dealing with tryants or bullies. So, Israel should choose a target and hit it hard.

I’m not a leader of Israel, and this ends my competence. But Israel will grow weaker each day they sit still; Notice now they are having trouble getting recruits, this is new and is a function of past erosion.

And the way to end this erosion is to choose a battle, and win it big.

Could be to hit Iran, could be to the Syrian leadership (long overdue,) and just tell the rest of the world to shove it.

What will this achieve? It will stop the small erosions. (And, if Assad is the choice, a lot of people in Lebanon will breathe easier and silently thank Israel! And that’s not bad.)

And it will cause the people who hate Israel to pause. To recalibrate.

I repeat I am not an expert but I do remember that Israel needs water and I recall that an important waterway was ‘temporairily’ diverted several years ago, and that Israel, under pressure from Clinton’s man Baker, allowed this diversion, which has subsequently become permanent.

I have a roomful of blades that run 24×7 doing economic and political predictions and if you plot his responses to violence, you’ll see that he is a lot more willing (now!) to apply a military solution than he was when he first came into the office. So don’t criticize Olmert too much. He’s learning.

May I suggest that Abbas be designated the next targeted assassination? It’s the only way to save Olmert from himself.

Haniyeh is no threat at all by comparison.