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evox

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Fri Aug-11-06 01:31 AM
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Olmert Must Go

"Olmert Must Go"
By Ari Shavit
Haaretz 11 August 2006

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/749283.html

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fooj

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Fri Aug-11-06 01:36 AM
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1. Wow. Sounds like what has happened in our country...

This sentence says it all...

Olmert is a prime minister whom journalists invented, journalists protected, and whose rule journalists preserved.

BTW- Welcome to DU!

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evox

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Fri Aug-11-06 01:41 AM
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3. Thanks for the welcome fooj

What's ironic is that its published on Haaretz: the "Israeli News Source".

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lfairban

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Fri Aug-11-06 04:15 AM
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6. Does this sound like anyone we know?

"He went to war hastily, without properly gauging the outcome. He blindly followed the military without asking the necessary questions. "

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evox

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Fri Aug-11-06 05:24 AM
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7. it does indeed Sound familiar

I wonder Who that could be...

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Oversea Visitor

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Fri Aug-11-06 01:39 AM
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2. They dont hold back do they

Every single word a hard cold truth.

I guess they have to be hard people. They really do not have a choice of playing around with reality.

If you fail off with your head. That in a way is good. No one going to fool with ego then.

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fooj

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Fri Aug-11-06 01:47 AM
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4. Hi! I just wanted you to know how much your thread touched me last night.

You are a good friend, OV. We are all very lucky that you are here.:hug:

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Oversea Visitor

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Fri Aug-11-06 02:05 AM
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5. I freak out

When my country Leader as chair of OIC start talking about war.

Although the OIC is 57 nations strong they agreed on many key issue.
Just damn hard you know. 57 of them.

I think the OIC trying to hold back the Arab League.
So they now talk very very hard.

But when it is time to act they be all as one in this issue.
Winning is a forgone concluesion. But the pain and destruction is just too high a price.
But somewhere along the line someone has to tell bush FUCK OFF.

They are serious and bush better know that.

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Nimrod2005

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Fri Aug-11-06 08:12 AM
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8. I have been saying this since week 1 of this conflict...He is not cut out

for this job, not in a place like Israel.

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Zero Division

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Fri Aug-11-06 08:57 AM
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9. Unfortunately, I think Olmert's replacement would be worse

Something tells me Netanyahu could stand to gain a lot of power and attention in a situation like this, which would mean an even greater escalation in the violence and a much greater chance of a full-blown regional war. In fact I just found an interview (http://www.netanyahu.org/prognosticator.html) conducted by Ari Shavit, the author that wrote the editorial in the OP, that sounds very supportive of Netanyahu. Hopefully, the Netanyahu-wing of Likud is not the kind of change for which the majority of the Israeli people are looking, otherwise things are about to get a lot worse for everyone in the region.

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Fri Aug-11-06 02:45 PM
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11. Ugh! The thought of it getting worst is heartbreaking.

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Mass

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Fri Aug-11-06 09:07 AM
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10. I hope you realize he is calling for somebody from the Likud.

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