{"id":275,"date":"2007-05-04T09:39:38","date_gmt":"2007-05-04T16:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=275"},"modified":"2007-12-09T08:57:33","modified_gmt":"2007-12-09T15:45:33","slug":"ehud-olmert-not-solely-to-blame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=275","title":{"rendered":"Ehud Olmert Not Solely To Blame"},"content":{"rendered":"

Martin van Creveld writes in the Forward<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The Winograd report ignores the plain fact that the war ended in a victory of sorts; how else to explain why the Israeli-Lebanese border will soon have enjoyed its longest period of quiet in 40 years? To be sure, there were failings in the handling of the war, but they should not be allowed to obscure the main point: Hezbollah’s will to renew the fight has been broken for the time being, and as Olmert promised the situation in the north is now completely different.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Martin van Creveld writes in the Forward: The Winograd report ignores the plain fact that the war ended in a victory of sorts; how else to explain why the Israeli-Lebanese border will soon have enjoyed its longest period of quiet … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-israel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t