Ira Glunts writes:
I think we are having the first confrontation between Team Obama and Team Israel.
Olmert is being widely quoted in the Hebrew press as stating that the reply to Hamas over the killing of the non-commissioned officer "is yet to come."
Mitchell has announced in a meeting with Mubarak in Cairo that the stabilization of the "ceasefire is vital."
My guess is that Olmert wins this battle. Remember how many people were saying Olmert was undergoing a "conversion" a few months ago? Maybe the Prime Minister has forgotten that he is a "peacenik" now. Could this little drama set the tone for the immediate future of US-Israeli relations?
Olmert is being widely quoted in the Hebrew press as stating that the reply to Hamas over the killing of the non-commissioned officer "is yet to come."
Mitchell has announced in a meeting with Mubarak in Cairo that the stabilization of the "ceasefire is vital."
My guess is that Olmert wins this battle. Remember how many people were saying Olmert was undergoing a "conversion" a few months ago? Maybe the Prime Minister has forgotten that he is a "peacenik" now. Could this little drama set the tone for the immediate future of US-Israeli relations?
how is team obama not team israel?
Israel must show Obama the limits of his power early on. I am sure that they will attack Gaza again under some pretext or another.
All depends of whether Obama wants to really make changes during his first term, or whether he wants to set up his second term. He will have to decide whether or not he wants to take a chance there is a bullet left in the Zionist gun aimed at his head, or not–like the bad guy in the Clint Eastwood movie. I imagine this decision will take two years.
Obama can help by increasing the uptake of internet by American households, and in coming on the side of net neutrality.
This can be beautifully wrapped up as essential for development of commerce.