Rich, I have no doubt that if Olmert pulls back the ground offensive by claiming that Israel has won a victory at the United Nations — a victory that will be no victory at all — his government will fall in less than a week. He’s already decided to pick a ludicrous fight with his popular foreign minister Tzipi Livni, ordering her to stay out of New York — because he clearly fears she will outshine him. The next 24 hours will show whether Ehud Olmert will be the shortest-lived prime minister in Israel’s history.