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Winograd: Olmert 'passive', Peretz should never have been defense minister

I only have quick summaries right now of the Winograd interim report, which was released just a few minutes ago in Israel. This is from JPost:

According to the final chapter of the report, which includes the committee's conclusions, Olmert is described as a passive leader who was led by the nose by the army and who did not take charge of the war he was supposed to be commanding

Peretz, who should not have accepted the Defense portfolio in the first place, did not do what he should have to make up for his lack of knowledge of security matters after he accepted the post, according to the report.

And with regards to Halutz, the report said that the former IDF chief of general staff did not take Hizbullah's missile attacks against the northern part of the country seriously and at no time came up with a plan to address the threat.

Olmert will meet with members of the Kadima faction on Monday at 6:45 p.m. in order to discuss the findings of the Winograd interim report which was given to him at 4 p.m., one hour prior to its release to the public.

Neither buffoon is expected to resign. To the streets!

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 5:04 PM