http://hashmonean.com/2006/03/31/delusions-of-grandeur/ In Zion We Trust Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://hashmonean.com/2006/03/31/delusions-of-grandeur/#comment-1038 Hashmonean.com | Israel vs The Global Jihad » Out on a limb I - Navigating Israel’s Political Waters Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:15:05 +0000 http://hashmonean.com/2006/03/31/delusions-of-grandeur/#comment-1038 [...] Olmert himself saw the reality early in the coalition negotiations, he at first was keen on embracing more right & center right parties, but quickly panicked out when he thought it would cost him his 'natural partner' Labor. Wrong gamble, Labor would have joined regardless I believed and even if it didn't join, he could have zigged when he zagged and still put together a coalition. I think he was brow beat into it by his advisers who frankly suck as is evidenced by the results thus far. [...] [...] Olmert himself saw the reality early in the coalition negotiations, he at first was keen on embracing more right & center right parties, but quickly panicked out when he thought it would cost him his 'natural partner' Labor. Wrong gamble, Labor would have joined regardless I believed and even if it didn't join, he could have zigged when he zagged and still put together a coalition. I think he was brow beat into it by his advisers who frankly suck as is evidenced by the results thus far. [...]

]]> http://hashmonean.com/2006/03/31/delusions-of-grandeur/#comment-97 Hashmonean.com | Israel vs The Global Jihad » Coalition Sedition Sun, 23 Apr 2006 23:19:05 +0000 http://hashmonean.com/2006/03/31/delusions-of-grandeur/#comment-97 [...] Back on the 31st of last month I speculated that Olmert could get away (if he was savvy) with giving Labor only 5 portfolios. With inflated egos came inflated demands, I’ve felt all along that Labor’s card was overplayed. The demand for 7+ portfolios / cabinet seats including finance and education was absurd given Labor’s actual election results. Finance meant unwieldy economic policies and spending that would ruin Israel’s economy in a few years, and education was promised by Ariel Sharon personally to Prof. Uriel Reichman. [...] [...] Back on the 31st of last month I speculated that Olmert could get away (if he was savvy) with giving Labor only 5 portfolios. With inflated egos came inflated demands, I’ve felt all along that Labor’s card was overplayed. The demand for 7+ portfolios / cabinet seats including finance and education was absurd given Labor’s actual election results. Finance meant unwieldy economic policies and spending that would ruin Israel’s economy in a few years, and education was promised by Ariel Sharon personally to Prof. Uriel Reichman. [...]

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