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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SFW who wrote (12243)	8/11/2006 10:54:29 AM
From: Crimson Ghost	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22250

As I have said before the Israelis are great at dishing it out with their free US high tech weapons, but cannot take it to any substantial degree. Kind of like a super star boxer with a glass jaw.

To: SFW who wrote (12243)	8/12/2006 4:24:32 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22250

Re: Rising Israeli casualties and constant Hizbollah rocket attacks have eroded public support in Israel for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his defence minister, opinion polls showed on Friday. "Olmert must go," read the main headline in Israel's left-leaning Haaretz newspaper. A survey in Haaretz showed 48 percent of Israelis were satisfied with Olmert's performance compared with popularity ratings above 75 percent in the early stages of fighting against the Lebanese guerrilla group. Public support for Defence Minister Amir Peretz had fallen from 65 percent to 37 percent, the survey showed. PLEEEAASE!!! You got it all WRONG!!! Yes, Israelis' support for Olmert is plummeting... but not because of the war per se! Israelis are becoming impatient with Olmert and his Sephardi Defense Minister Peretz because they're losing a war wich, in their opinion, Israel can and must win! Should Olmert fail, Israelis will most likely up the ante with Bibi or an IDF general.... Gus

To: SFW who wrote (12243)	8/12/2006 5:48:01 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Respond to of 22250

Follow-up to my previous post --and straight from the horse's mouth: Aug. 11, 2006 4:41 \| Updated Aug. 11, 2006 Column One: Why Israel must win By CAROLINE GLICK [...] UNDER ATTACK domestically, both Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have less time and ability to rally their nations to fight against the forces of global jihad. Moreover, as a result of its own culture wars, Israel today finds itself led by the weakest government it has ever had. The weakness of all three governments presented Iran with an unmistakable opportunity to strike. While Bush and Blair's weakness is the result of political forces, Olmert's weakness is constitutional. Yet, today, the ability of both Blair and Bush to convince their nations to support their war efforts against forces committed to the destruction of their nations' ways of life is dependent on Olmert's ability to lead Israel to victory in the war against Hizbullah. With a quarter of our population under attack, our cities and forest in flames and our economy surging toward recession and debt, most Israelis agree that the war we face is a war for our national survival. In that sense, it is not all that different from previous wars. Yet there is a qualitative difference between the current war and wars of previous generations. In the past, our enemies were states. They wished to conquer Israel and take our land for themselves. Today our enemies do not wish to conquer Israel. They wish to destroy Israel as a stepping stone on their path toward global domination. An Israeli victory or defeat in the current war will influence not only Israel's future. It will influence the future of the free world as a whole. If Israel is defeated, if we do not fight to victory over Hizbullah, the march of jihad will move forward with unprecedented force. Not surprisingly, Olmert hesitates as he faces this challenge. His nation tells him to choose victory. His instincts tell him to seek the path of least resistance. If Olmert allows the IDF to fight, if he orders the implementation of the security cabinet's decision to widen the ground offensive to the Litani River and so enable us to vanquish Hizbullah, we will be able to change the face of the region and of the world as a whole. A clear Israeli victory against Hizbullah that destroys Hizbullah as a fighting force would enable leaders like Bush and Blair to defend their decision to wage war against jihad. Quite simply, an Israeli victory will help them inspire their nations to believe that they can win this war as well. SINCE HIS ascension to power last year, Ahmadinejad has been on one long winning streak. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's success in convincing Bush to open direct negotiations with Teheran regarding its nuclear weapons program was a huge victory for Ahmadinejad. And nothing breeds success like success. Because he has yet to fail, the Iranian leader enjoys an aura of invincibility that deters other leaders from challenging his power. An Israeli victory against the Iranian military's advance guard would shatter that aura and facilitate a much more robust Anglo-American stand against Teheran and its client Syria. [...] jpost.com