So now we have expert opinion of what everyone knows anyway. The key word is "accountability" - something we are sorely lacking at every level of gov't. No one is ever responsible; the culture of 'covering your ass" is alive & well - and help your friends cover up as well. But nothing could disguise the sheer incompetence & bungling of our dynamic trio - Olmert, Peretz, & Livni. The Winograd inquiry had to come to these conclusions or they would be the laughing stock of the whole country. But will Olmert resign, taking Peretz & Livni with him? I fear that they are super-glued to their chairs. Wait for the "spin" to start - which actually it did already with Olmert's interviews in every newspaper. Livni for sure will take a strategy of "laying low" since her interest is "the less said the better" - she benefits most just by keeping out of the news.

THEY ARE A BUNCH OF IDIOTS

Olmert is not too dumb to quit but he is too arrogant . An epedimic of arrogance is upon us. The elite assume they are above everyone else and assume to have carta blanche power of Kings. Ariel Sharon suffered from this arrogance as does president Bush. Sharon is no longer an arrogant bulldozer who does as he desires. Olmert follows in his footsteps. One sure outcome is they will all learn the lesson of Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar who ate grass with the animals for 7 years until he understood that it was God who rules over the Kingdoms of men. Some will learn too late.

he's the best israel can have right now, and he has far more potential than we need! vote Bibi!

But Olmert and Peretz are way too interested in retaining power than accepting any responsibility. Plain old fascism.

is a killer, Peretz is a dead duck.

who needed to wait for the wingrad commission to say that the government should have resigned.????? they should be put behind bars and their pensions should be done away with. they are all corrupt and non should be allowed to run for any politically office including ms. cuty livni.

If the incompetent handling of the war were due to diplomatic cincerns then those officials responcible for the diplomacy should resign. In diplomacy you can agree to go along or refuse. Begin and Shamir showed how to refuse and still extract the maximum from your position. Obviously the current crop of officials have learnrd nothing from the history of the past.

I'm never wrong. We won a great war, and only those who hate me dipute this.

The Commission is right on target on this matter. They are brilliant in their judgment.

They can be pardoned in the future or communicate with the outside. All parties in this regime should be declared enemy organizations and banned from politics forever.All the party management should be jailed for life.