One of the more important books in my library is “Nuclear Weapons and Foreign policy” by Henry Kissinger. It’s not the only book I have dealing with the horrible threat of mutual destruction by nuclear weapons. The threat is real. It can happen on purpose or through miscalculation. And it’s the reason the US government … More Who Blinks First?
In Many parts of the US people have swimming pools in their back yard. We have one on the front porch. We didn’t build it. It occurs naturally when we have big rain storms in the winter. This time. it came because of a snow storm. We don’t get much snow in the mountains south … More Our Front Porch Swimming Pool
Despite the declarations and posturing, the United States is NOT preventing Iran from making a nuclear weapon. The Mullahs have increased their level of making weapon quality Uranium (much more concentrated than what is needed for civilian applications) and current estimates are that Iran already has enough to manufacture at least 2 nuclear weapons. Having … More Bomb, Bomb, Who’s got the Bomb?
Housing prices in Israel, where we live, have risen by a large percentage this past year. It’s probably not just a local phenomenon. The COVID pandemic has resulted in prices for materials going up. Also labor costs have risen. The de facto failure of the Palestinian Authority to implement any unified vaccination program means that … More The Best Nest
This week the section called Lech Lecha ( literally: Go to/for yourself) is read in Jewish Synagogues. For those of you who might not be familiar with the Old Testament, It’s the third section from the start and deals with the Lord telling Abraham to leave his former home and go to Canaan. Canaan, of … More An Inner Voice
I did a lot of things during my years in the military. One of them was collecting Intelligence. The US Navy Office of Naval Intelligence had a standardized program for having ships submit items that might have some intelligence value. During one tour of duty with the US Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean I ran … More Amateur Spy
This past week we had the first rain of the winter season. It came a few days early. Normally, Jews pray for rain in the holy land after then of the current holiday season. The more reverent even wait a couple of extra weeks so that individuals who came on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem would … More The First Rain
The question is asked because f the way the media seem to be treating the latest terror attacks by Hamas against Israel. The justification Hamas gives for their actions is not important. I have no difficulty in listening to their complaints. But I cannot abide them using ANY complaint as a justification for indiscriminate violent … More When Does “Even-Handed” Become Pro-Terrorism?
It appears that Israel will finally get a new government. The representatives of the anti-Netanyahu sentiment that has so divided the country for the past 2 years got their act together and made a broad coalition that crosses a lot of ideological boundaries. It’s the first time, ever, that an Arab political party is in … More Changing of the Guard
Israel emerged from a week plus of trading bombings for rocket fire with nothing really having changed. The whole game has all the dressing of a planned and purposeful action by Hamas. They knew Israel would not invade the Gaza area with ground troops and that Israeli air strikes would be carefully controlled to minimize … More What a Sad Result
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