[samtheman]

Halutz had become a lightning rod for criticism of the ill-fated military campaign launched after Hezbollah fighters seized two soldiers along Israel's border with Lebanon.

The July-August conflict failed to achieve either of its stated goals of freeing the men or stopping Hezbollah rocket fire.

It's fine for the Israeli's to blame the general if they want, but who called off the attacks? Who brought the soldiers back home before the missions were accomplished? Was it the general who did that? Or the civilian leadership?

[goldstategop]

Ehud Olmert and Amir Peretz bungled the war and they have to draw the same conclusions. Failure cannot be tolerated in Israel's leadership.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus