[goldstategop]

Prime Minister Olmert and the government should be forced to resign. And the top military brass needs to be retired. There must be a through house-cleaning of the Israeli government and the appropriate lessons must be learnt.

(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)

[Always A Marine]

Prime Minister Olmert and the government should be forced to resign.

I wholeheartedly agree. Olmert handicapped the IDF with his indecisive leadership. The ever-changing limits he placed on the IDF tied its hands, dampened its morale, and robbed it of a certain victory. Now the enemies of Israel are emboldened by his weakness.

And the top military brass needs to be retired.

If all of the above is true of Olmert, then punishing the IDF general staff for the failures of its civilian political leadership is misguided. The IDF had a detailed OpPlan for this contingency, and had recently war-gamed that plan. But the timid Olmert refused to allow the IDF to implement the best military option. Now we know why Olmert fired MajGen Udi Adam -- the general lashed out at Prime Minister Chamberlain for tying his hands and hamstringing his forces.