> On Jul 16, 2006, at 12:07 AM, Michael Perelman wrote:
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>> But with a left wing defense minister? What is with him?
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> Obviously he had to prove his toughness.
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> Doug
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Also, Labour's foreign policy in Israel can be viewed in the same way as
that of the Democratic Party's foreign policy in the US. Both parties are
resolutely "bipartisan" in terms of what they define in common as "national
security interests" - in this case, the destruction of Hezbollah's military
capacity and its permanent removal from the northern border. The foreign
policy differences which arise with the conservative parties on their right
are purely tactical - although even tactical differences can be crucial, as
Iraq demonstrates. A third theory, favoured by Uri Avneri in the item posted
earlier, is that Olmert and Peretz are really not in control of the
situation; they are captives, willing or otherwise, of the Israeli military
command under air force general Halutz.