This goal - which is the centralcomponent of Olmert's appeasement-based mind-set - required him to lead his colleagues and subordinates in ignoring certain basic facts about Fatah.
The Obama administration has made export promotion a centralcomponent of its revised economic platform, and last month the White House finalized a long-stalled trade agreement with South Korea.
It is equally distressed at the Obama administration's refusal to make ending Pakistan's support for jihadist terror groups attacking India a centralcomponent of its strategy for contending with Pakistan and Afghanistan.
We're partial to General James Mattis, who previously ran the Marine component of Central Command, served tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and helped write the Army's counterinsurgency manual with General Petraeus.