Israel Seeking White Knight to Fight Hamas

Yet another game of Russian Roulette from the Leftist Olmert administration:

Israel is considering a large-scale incursion into Gaza during which it would present an ultimatum to the international community for the deployment of a multinational force as the only condition under which it would withdraw, defense officials said. "We are talking about the Second Lebanon War model," a defense official said Sunday. "To go to war and tell the world that if they want a cease-fire and for us to leave, then they will need to send a force to replace us."

Caroline Glick was right. The Leftist Olmert administration really does believe that some international force can be wheedled into protecting Israel, if only the situation is allowed to become sufficiently dire first:

Throughout the war, Israel's goal was for an international force to be set up to fight Hizbullah for Israel. And low and behold, UNIFIL refuses to fight. And still today, the government refuses to recognize that suing for an international force then was a mistake. Indeed they are repeating it in Gaza.

Israel Matzav has more on this strategy, which is reminiscent of the Rock Ridge sheriff in the movie Blazing Saddles, who feigned schizophrenia and took himself hostage.