The blind giant of the Middle East

I don't believe the rumor that, after reading the final report of the Winograd Commission, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert telephoned former Minister of Defense Amir Peretz and declared, "We're off the hook!" But even if Olmert felt some relief, he knows very well that he isn't off the hook, and that the Second Lebanon War will pursue him wherever he goes.

And not only him. The war's… » Full Story on Salon.com