It is difficult not to be mesmerized by the political development of the former minister, who in a few days will be the current minister again, MK Matan Kahana.
The speed of change of direction is dizzying, the rate of relinquishment of any conception and principle of which it has in the past been unstoppable.
This glorious ideological zigzag, coupled with Kahana's past as a fighter squadron commander, evokes the need and desire to use images from the world of aviation to try to explain this unequivocal conversion.
Kahana seems to be in vertigo, losing touch with the control tower, turning himself into a kamikaze pilot who deliberately smashes the promises he made to his constituents straight to the ground.
But the truth is that the process that Kahana went through is not at all related to his opinions, these are no more relevant than a collection of words and statements in the mission and service of another person.
In fact, the "resigning" minister of religions became what he was until his promising entry into the political field;
He is again Colonel M., a vague, commanding figure, faceless, devoid of content or statement, the main thing and perhaps the only one to whose credit is the glorious military past.
Indeed, as a uniformed commander, Col. M. was an outstanding and daring officer who has many rights and many years in the service of the people and the state, for which he is worthy of appreciation and admiration. But military courage is one thing, while courage in the civilian world, On the ideological battlefield, Col. M. demonstrates tenderness and a fairly flexible spine.
Kahana on a tour to prepare for the celebration in Meron // Photo: David Cohen, Ginny
Only yesterday did Colonel M. fight Mansour Abbas and the Ra'am party, he boldly called them "supporters of terrorism", waged a battle to prevent them from participating in the elections and called their cooperation a "moral slump", and here today he saw the light and became their most devoted lawyer.
The ink has not yet dried over posts, tweets and statements by Col. M. about the danger of sitting in government with Meretz, there is a future and the Labor Party, and he has already turned around and decided that "unity" in government is for the first time, even if it includes the government of those who want to send Him and his fellow fighters being tried in The Hague.
The echoes of Colonel M.'s cries about how important the Land of Israel is still resonate, and already his cries to accept the Palestinian narrative are heard in space. M. M. was like them in the past until the wise and moved to a brighter place.
If necessary, Colonel M.'s wheel is a wheel, whether it's a move to fly a Norwegian or the transformation of another officer - Amichai Shikli - into one who "spits in the face of his soldiers" just because he kept his principles, or just slandering the name of his patron, Re "M Bennett.
Colonel M. is the epitome of the character from Alterman's poem "Then Satan Said."
But to the tragedy and before our astonished eyes, something went wrong with Colonel M. The domination, patronage and touch of the deer's leather chair dulled his mind, and he forgot that justice was with him.
Were we wrong?
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