Olmert disagrees with U.S. Iraq group

[maddezmom]

TEL AVIV, Israel - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday that he disagreed with a U.S. advisory group's report linking efforts to stabilize Iraq with new moves to end Israel's conflict with its neighbors.

The Iraq Study Group's report, released Wednesday, calls for direct talks between Israel and its neighbors, Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinians, and says that a concerted effort to resolve the Israel-Arab conflict would improve the situation in Iraq.

"The attempt to create linkage between the Iraqi issue and the Mideast issue — we have a different view," Olmert said in his first response to the report.

Olmert said conditions were not ripe to reopen long-dormant talks with Syria and added that he received no indications from President Bush during a recent visit to Washington that the U.S. would push Israel to start such talks.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061207/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_olmert

[xultar]

1. Olmert cannot play lil boots jr. Though it is tempting I'm sure. It didn't work for W

it won't work for him. Why won't this guy learn? Ahhh that's why I miss The Big Dawg.

[Kellyiswise]

2. I guess this is because Israel not talking to its neighbors has worked so well?

Go figure. "Stay the course" hasn't worked for Israel either. Can't figure out why both the US and Israel would stick to a costly and ineffective strategy at the espense of the lives of their own citizens.:eyes:

[Warren Stupidity]

3. no " linkage between the Iraqi issue and the Mideast issue "

other than Iraq is a huge part of the region known as the mideast. Idiot. Perhaps he meant no linkage between Iraq and the Israel-Palestine conflict. Even that would be stupid, but it least it would be logically consistent instead of manifestly false.

If we want peace in the region we might actually have to work on a resolution of all of the facets of the regional conflict.

But I have a better plan: we fucked up, we have no credibility in the region, we should get out.

[ianwood]

4. For Olmert and the Isralies

what is happening in the Middle east is not Problem of Israel or America but rest of the world
Very fuuny,

[laststeamtrain]

5. Reuters: "Israel brushes off Iraq report, no to Syria talks"--

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061207/ts_nm/iraq_usa_israel_dc&printer=1

[classysassy]

6. Attack on Carter

this morning on C-span,Cong.Weiner attacked President Carter for speaking the truth." Isreal must return the land they are now occupying,to Syria and the Palestinians, then maybe there will be peace in the middle east."Friends tell you the truth not what you want to hear."