See, That Wasn't So Hard, Was It?

Israeli politicians appear to have a quicker learning curve than our own-

Vice-Premier Shimon Peres told a panel investigating the government's handling of last year's war in Lebanon that Israel's decision to invade was a mistake and the military was unprepared, according to testimony made public Thursday...

..."The greatest mistake is the very fact of war," he told the commission. "If it had been up to me, I would not have gone into this war."

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appointed the commission, headed by a retired judge, under intense pressure from a dissatisfied public because of the inconclusive war...

Oversight, accountability, honesty, learning lessons... Mr. Bush, are you paying attention?

(John Bolton begs to differ, of course.)