“Tired of War” is akin to being “tired of life”, imo. No sane person wants war. But refusing to confront evil because one is “tired” or “nice” is turning over the streets to the crooks, and all that implies. Shades of Jima Cahtuh. Is it time for more Kool-Aid?

To be the prime minister in a parliamentary system, perceived mediocrity helps to seal impossible consensus agreements where the parties exit feeling at least better than mediocre, because expectations started at a low level, and yet they have something modest to show they achieved.

Ehud Olmert himself is not average or mediocre, he’s a modern political Houdini. I think Olmert is in politics for the same reason that Houdini continually attempted more daring escapes.

If Olmert is eventually given his day in a court of law, and if he is actually proven guilty of all of the accusations that have been so easily (and conveniently) aimed against him without any accountability or expense for the accusers, that would make him indisputably the greatest confidence artist ever discovered (the only Olympic contest where the winner gives back the gold medal).

However, in democratic nations the ticket-holders don’t need to remain chained to their seats when the magician’s tricks endanger the audience. At this point, the motives of the Kadima Party (a house of cards based on the cult of personality of Ariel Sharon) are being weighed in Israel, demonstrating the great strength of civil society in Israel as a free nation with the right to question the actions and motivations of their representatives and leaders.