From The New Republic:
Why Israel wants the war in Gaza to be brief.
The comparisons are as banal as they are unavoidable. Israel's Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, began his term with a boom--a war in Lebanon in 2006--and is now leaving with a bang--the 2008 war in Gaza. Today, however, Olmert is more experienced, more somber, less cocky. He now plays the role of the responsible adult. The goals he set for the war are limited: "The operation is meant to improve the security reality of southern residents in a thorough manner," he said yesterday. Not even "security"--just the very modest "improve" in the security.
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