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"Officials and analysts say Israel's top three political leaders disagree over how the remainder of the war should play out. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is said to favor an expansion, while Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Defense Minister Ehud Barak are believed to be more hesitant. Barak has aggressively pushed the talks in Egypt; Livni has said that Israel can soon declare victory and withdraw. The three run the country together and must achieve consensus before Israel can act.
Washington Post
This is precisely the sort of thing I was referring to in my response to wbgonne, particularly the Livni argument, according to Wapo, that "Israel can soon declare victory and withdraw."
No one will believe this. No one will recognize this as anything approximating reality. Yet, when that time comes (and it will), it'll be trumpeted all over the place as Gospel.
Christ.
