Shut Up!!!!!!!!!

In similar style to his feckless attempts to resurrect his political career by chasing after a chimeral peace-agreement with Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinians, Olmert is now trying to do something similar with the Syrians.

Let’s be clear; any effort right now to try and come to a peace-treaty with Syria is utterly pointless. For a start, Assad is about as trustworthy as a hungry crocodile in a petting zoo. Secondly, even if he was sincere he has only very shaky control over his Ba’ath party which is ideologically opposed to Israel’s existence and would very overthrow Assasd should he make such a deal with Israel.

By raising the issue though, Olmert raises international hopes for a deal and thus increases the pressure on Israel to make concessions. It is simply not in Israel’s interests at the moment to give up the Golan Heights and with Syria an international pariah at the moment because of Hariri, Iraqi insurgents, Hizballah, Hamas and other bad connections there is simply no reason for Olmert to raise the issue and bring about this pressure on Israel.

The only reason for his overtures to Damascus is to divert attention form his own ineptitude and to try and forge some sort of positive political development to improve his political standing.

Olmert is therefore not only incompetent, he is a positive danger to Israel’s national security. This country has never had such a calamitous leader.