I bet Ted Kennedy would endorse Olmert
Wednesday, January 30, 2008

The Winograd Report may not mean much to many American Jews, but the implications of Prime Minister Olmert's lousy decision-making during the last Lebanon War will continue to have a massive impact on the psyche of Israel, a nation whose military is a true "citizen's army."

Citing a comment by historian Michael Oren, published in today's Wall Street Journal, Carl in Jerusalem writes, "This is perhaps the worst result of Olmert's self-serving behavior. Who will fight for this country in the future knowing that its political leadership won't be accountable if it causes the war effort to fail?" In a later post Carl cites the first post-Winograd poll, reporting that "56% think Prime Minister Ehud K. Olmert should resign while 27% believe he should stay in his job. 45% believe Defense Minister Ehud Barak should leave the government and take his Labor party with him, while 41% believe he should stay in."

Olmert's days in office are numbered. But, I highly doubt that a nation like Israel will allow the stupid, pompous actions of one man to weigh them down and destroy them. Not when their popular singers sing songs like this:

LIR'OT ET HAKE'EV
(TO SEE THE PAIN)

A tree stands alone in autumn
No shade or a warm moment
Some times it wants to feel safe as well
Not like a flower that dies

And sometimes time tests us
It lays obstacles in from of us
But we have our strength
We will show it that we can

To see the pain and look it in the eye
To strongly embrace life and not give up
To believe with all our heart that it will get better
And despite of it all we will overcome

G-d sees everything and watches from above
That we will not lose hope
And even if it hurts sometimes, we need to move on.
It doesn't matter, it is all for the best.

And sometimes...

From the album Child of Love by Sarit Hadad (2002)

Labels: Israel, Olmert, Winograd Report, Zionism