[Sabramerican]

I hate to say it but I think he's right.

Now if we could just rewind the clock and thousands of Jews whose lives and livelihoods and sense of place and belonging- and interred loved ones- and faith in their country could only be restored, it would be like nothing ever happened.

That is if you ignore all the other sh*t that resulted and will continue from the greatest folly a sovereign nation ever caused itself.

[anotherview]

You can't change history. When it comes to Gaza I was wrong and you were right... almost. Gaza is a disaster not because keeping a few thousand Jews among 2 million hostile Arabs was a good idea. The folly was in not sealing Gaza and in not taking strong military action the moment terrorists struck.

Where I was really wrong was in believing that Ehud Olmert, with all his experience, actually understood what needed to be done. Either he didn't (and still doesn't) or he is just a horribly weak-kneed leader with no backbone who is too worried about hasbara. Either way, his term as Prime Minister has been a disaster so far.

I just hope something changes if he gets rid of Peretz as DM. I'm not holding my breath.