ideological criminal

Buried on the bottom of page A11 next to a nearly full page ad in today’s New York Times, “Olmert Says He Made Rice Change Vote“:

Ehud Olmert of Israel said Monday that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had been forced to abstain from a United Nations resolution on Gaza that she helped draft, after Mr. Olmert placed a phone call to President Bush.

If we take Olmert at his word (the State Deptartment doesn’t), this is remarkable:  Israel is dictacting US foreign policy over the phone.  It was on page A6 of The Washington Post and the LA Times.  At least the Washington Times put it on the front page (Monday).