Olmert in DC Looking for Good Chineese Take Out, Not WARS!

Israeli PM Olmert is in Washington meeting with President Bush. He says he is "not looking for wars," which makes one think that maybe he has the wrong address.

Anyway, this story in today's Times is interesting because it suggests that there's trouble in Paradise with the Israeli/American alliance. No way! Yes, way!

Seems the Israelis are concerned that Bush foreign policy is naive, has strengthened the hands of terrorist organizations in the region (particularly Hamas and Hezbollah) and has largely benefited Iran and Iran clients. In other words, the Israeli government reads the paper.

Meanwhile, Crazy-Bin al-Nutcase Talal or whatever the name of the Iranian president is has another BonBon for Israel here.

So our pick for things to watch in the coming weeks:

Increasing pressure on Iranians to "step away from the nuclear weapons, ma'am" is secretly well received by them as it gives Tehran leverage in the all but inevitable regional talks about Iraq that will be an outcome of the face saving Baker Study group. BUT quick as you can say "civilian causalities" Hezbollah gets all pushy in Lebanon and starts provoking the Israelis with incursions again, thus splitting the international community to Iran's advantage.

Just a guess.