Divine Retribution?

Our Sages [Ethics of the Fathers, 2:7] tell us that Hillel once “saw a skull floating on the surface of the water, and he said to it: ‘Even if they have drowned you because you drowned [others], those who drowned you will themselves be drowned.’ ”

As I wrote in this space back in November: Everybody knows that our abysmal failure in the recent Lebanon war is the responsibility of the Three Stooges:

Olmert, Peretz and Halutz. And everybody knows that they’ve been doing their darndest to avoid a full-blown State Investigation into the war.

AND I ALSO WROTE THIS:
As mentioned above, we are now in accord with the Israeli public:
Poll: Halutz, Peretz and Olmert Must Go

A poll released Tuesday night showed that the Israeli public is thoroughly dissatisfied with the current government leadership. The majority of respondents think the IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz and Defense Minister Amir Peretz should resign their posts, according to a Geocartography poll. Remember, you read it here first!

Well, now it seems that, only four months late, General Halutz has resigned [boo-hoo!]. And with the heat on Olmert getting more and more intense, it looks like he and Peretz won’t be too far behind.

And don’t think we’ve forgotten the head of the “Sela” disengagement authority. Just look at the front page picture of the weekly English HaModia’s “Israel” section:

And oh, yes, the orange [although I must admit, highly symbolic] is not from Gush Katif. HaModia’s caption: “In his letter to the secretariat of Kibbutz Sdeh Eliyahu, Yonatan Bassi [inset] says he’ll miss ‘the sunrise over the Gilad mountain range that accompanied us each morning, from the dawn of our childhood.’ ” And what more can I say [again] but, boo-hoo!

Finally, don’t forget to read Joe Settler’s take on this, too!