On 11/13/06, Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
BTW Israeli macho swagger has recently hit upon hard times. The President was indicted for rape, while Organized Machismo (the IDF) ran into Hezbollah.
It appears to me that the powers that be in Israel decided that Olmert and Peretz, both noted for their lack of military backgrounds, are not tough enough -- hence the infusion of a new dose of machismo via the hard-line far Rightist Avigdor Lieberman, who is now Israel's new Deputy-Prime Minister and Minister of Strategic Affairs, and his party Israel Beytenu, which is now part of the coalition government. -- Yoshie <http://montages.blogspot.com/> <http://mrzine.org> <http://monthlyreview.org/>
