Chickenhawk argument backfires on Olmert critic

Little Green Footballs:

At his blog, Larry Johnson, the mainstream media’s go-to guy for all things CIA- and Valerie Plame-related, posts a blatant lie about Ehud Olmert’s military service as part of a smear against President Bush: Israel Taks [sic] A Stupid Pill. (Hat tip: Logic & Sanity.)

Apparently not content to let the U.S. do a self-immolation act in the Middle East by itself, Israel decided to set itself on fire by invading Lebanon. Burn baby burn? Like George Bush, Israel’s Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, never served in a combat unit and launched military operations without thinking the matter through. In fact, Olmert reportedly never even served in the military. I raise this because there is one simple question Israel cannot answer about the current operations—what is their strategic military objective. Olmert has somehow persuaded the Israeli military to ignore strategy, think tactically, and in the process become really stupid. The events in the next several weeks will expose as myth the canard that you can secure a nation by killing terrorists. No you can’t.

Why does this guy have any credibility left?

At the Israeli government site, Ehud Olmert’s resumé: Prime Minister - Curriculum Vitae.

November 1963 – Began his military service in the 13th Regiment, Golani Brigade. During his service he suffered injuries to a leg and an arm, which required prolonged medical treatment. He completed his military service in 1971 at the “Hamahane” newspaper.

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1979-1982 – Volunteered in the IDF and completed officers’ course while serving as MK. Volunteered for reserve service in Lebanon.

At Wikipedia: Ehud Olmert....

What is more interesting to me than his weak chickenhawk argument is his ignorace of Israel's rather transparent objectives. The Hezballah attack gave Israel the strategic opportunity to get Hezballah and its missiles off its northern border. Israel's operation appears to be well planned and has probably been war gamed for years. While some cannot comprehend what the attacks are for, they are clearly intended to isolate and prepare the battle space for an operation to remove the missiles. By cutting off Hezballah's lines of resupply, they know they will be dealing with a finite objective. Lebanon, lends itself to this operation because of its many bridges and its limited number of ports. While still in its early stages, Israel controls the air over the battle space and has effective control over movement within the country.

I have to question why any "expert" can't see this, not to mention can't do some basic fact checking on his weak argument. Another weakness of the chickenhawk argument is that it presumes to leaders do not rely on the advice of experts like the military leadership in such areas. That probably comes from the Democrat's tendency to think they are smarter than the generals.