Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Saturday asserted that while Israel does not seek to escalate violence that has been threatening to unravel a five-month truce in Gaza, it would strike back if there were further violations of the cease-fire. ...
| "But we won't strike back with overwhelming force, nor will we strike back in kind, with counterfire. We'll instead check in with the European Union, the UN, and possibly with Sears, though not with Roebuck, to ensure that our actions have the seal of approval of those in the world who either don't like us or can't stand us. We'll meet each Hamas measure with a precisely calibrated half measure, to no particular end. And the voters will no doubt vote for us next election on the assumption we know what we're doing, even though it's incomprehensible to them." |
| Livni, a life-long leftie, has to convince her countrymen that she's a centrist if she's going to win the upcoming election. So she has to make noise about standing up to the Paleos, even though her heart is telling her to sign away East Jerusalem if it means 'peace' ... |
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