As if the country did not live through the blunders of the Second Lebanon War, and witnessed how the inability to win that war - or decisively stop the rockets from the Gaza Strip - has not bolstered, but rather damaged, Israel`s overall deterrence. Here, however, one must give Olmert credit for the strike on the alleged nuclear installation in Syria, which showed that Israel could, and would, strike when it felt its back was against the wall.
Olmert spoke of a robust economy and gains in the war on poverty, as if the people do not feel the impact of the weak dollar, the rising cost of food, and the increasing difficulty for many to make it through the month.
He talked of a nation that learns from its mistakes, though the second anniversary of the war in Lebanon passed just two weeks ago with numerous reports of a home front still woefully unprepared. And his comments about being on the verge of an understanding with the Palestinians and Syrians are belied by a lack of any tangible |
|
