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Ehud Olmert in his three years as prime minister launched two large ground offensives into Lebanon and Gaza and a strike Syria's nuclear reactor...[and Bibi has not, etc]

Yes, an appeasing liberal in power is much more dangerous to peace than having a conservative. Liberals start wars, conservatives have to finish them (and avoid them in the first place by building strength).

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Israel ran into a couple rude surprises in Southern Lebanon. My guess is Netanyahu is gathering as much intel as possible to assure history does not repeat.