Israel's Disproportionate use of Force

[The Wrath]

I take back everything nice that I said about Ehud Olmert. I should have expected it. He capitulated to the UN, the war will stop, and now I'm hearing things about a possible prisoner exchange. Israel needs Benjamin Netanyahu as PM.

[Mandrake]

To be fair, Olmert had little choice. It's we, the West, who are to blame for forcing Israel to end the war. It's France and America and the rest of us who said nothing or didn't say enough--we made Israel stop. Now, Hezbollah gets to walk around with its head high, bragging about a holy victory, its supporters vindicated and emboldened and we once again look like impotent jackasses.

Israel doesn't need a better PM. It needs better friends.

[The Wrath]

I don't mean to diminish the guilt of the West, but the decision ultimately laid with Olmert. He didn't have to give in to international pressure. Do you believe for a single moment that France or the UN would ever attempt to use force against Israel? Not only would Benjamin Netanyahu have not yielded to international pressure, he would have had the war largely won before the UN even had time to draft such a resolution, because he would have used overwhelming force.