So in the last few days, there have been increasingly strong rumbles from the Arab and Israeli press that a prisoner swap is in the works for Gilad Shalit (IDF soldier taken hostage in a raid from the Gaza Strip a month and a half ago)... and some signs that a similar deal will be taking place with Hezbollah for Goldwasser and Regev. Numbers tossed around have been about 800 Palestinian prisoners for Shalit, and all of the few dozen Lebanese captives (including Samir Kuntar) and some bodies of Hezbollah members.
So my question is... if Olmert was going to cave into the terrorists' demands in the first place why all this waste? Why did some 170 Israelis die, and why did Israel have to kill nearly 2,000 Lebanese and Palestinians?
The war in Lebanon and incursions in Gaza would make a lot more sense if Olmert didn't throw everything to the wind by negotiating yet another lopsided prisoner swap.
Just saying.
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