Most Sderot Kids Have Post-Traumatic Stress Symptoms

Olmert's response to the constant stream of missiles from Gaza (50 counted yesterday) into the city of Sderot has been to send in a crack team of psychologists and social workers. the last line quoted below says it all:

After seven years of rocket barrages by Palestinians in Gaza, 28% of adults and 30% of children in Sderot have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a study by Natal, the Israel Center for Victims of Terror and War. Some 75-94% of Sderot children aged 4-18 exhibit symptoms of post-traumatic stress, such as problems sleeping and concentrating. Dalia Yosef, director of Sderot's Hosen trauma center, asks, "How do you treat and prevent post-traumatic stress when it is not 'post'"?

This is reminiscent of Woody Allen's Bananas, where a mistatement caused a crack team from the UJA (instead of the intended CIA) was sent into the midst of civil unrest:

Of course, if they're foolish enough to try to overthrow, then I have made a deal for reinforcements with the UJA. You mean the CIA, Excellency. The UJA is the United Jewish Appeal.

The United Jewish Appeal?

Meanwhile, Olmert's popularity ratings, sometimes indistinguishable from zero given the poll's margin of error, have plummeted. 61% have a lower opinion of him than the did one month ago.