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General, general:

Israel's failures in the last Lebanon War have led Chief of General Staff Lt. Gen. Dani Halutz to resign in a move that could further shake the positions of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz.
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As the political rhetoric on Capitol Hill grows louder over President Bush's plan for a troop buildup in Iraq, a panel of four seasoned retired generals give their assessments of the president's proposal. What they told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ranged from tentative support for the plan to calling it a fool's errand.
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The chances of Israel replacing Olmert's government with a less brutal and more peaceloving one are pretty slim. Netanyahu's waiting in the wings, and he's neither.
It may be just coincidence of course, but it seems almost likely - the idea that creating a climate of failure both in the US and Israel may be intentional, so that the pain and fear generated by some kind of massive military violence will be perceived at least emotionally by many as progress, a better way, positive movement.
Success. Victory.
Catharsis.