of course not Olmert still has to figure out how to make money on the deal.

That's what this amouints to! And what are we supposed to do for the next three years??? This is insanity. They are planning a major war against us!!! They already have katuyshas! Are we going to wait till we 'see the whites of their eyes???'

Both of them see themselves as the PM Olmert who in a recent poll 3% would choose as PM and Peretz who lost the ellection sees himself as an unofficial PM and has been trying to play a role in the decision making of every government portfolio and now taking decisions that are not his to make. What happened to the days when Israel was run by profesionals who were more concerned for the well being of the country not their own ambitions and pockets. They want a good missle defense system how about firing Olmert, Peretz they can argue in mid air about who is going to hit the rocket on the right and who is going to hit the one on the left ... it would benefit all of Israel in ways no other system can. Get rid of this whole kadima regime now before they do anymore damage and Olmert sells the country piece by piece and pockets the profits

By the time they get through discussing the system and getting it into production, it will be obsolete.

How many years before it goes on line, giving the Chinese or the Iranians time to develop countermeasures?