Sow, reap, repeat. I knew the general outlines, but thanks for the details.
The last time the US won a war I was 11 months old. I'm 79. The US is (perhaps was) the world leader. And these are the lessons we've been teaching. I do support the war in Ukraine because Ukraine had done NOTHING to Russia except be next door. Few if any other wa…
Sow, reap, repeat. I knew the general outlines, but thanks for the details.
The last time the US won a war I was 11 months old. I'm 79. The US is (perhaps was) the world leader. And these are the lessons we've been teaching. I do support the war in Ukraine because Ukraine had done NOTHING to Russia except be next door. Few if any other wars in modern times have had a similar "pure" start.
I deplore the killing of civilians for ideological ends, and though I can understand why both Palestinians and Israelis now feel a need to "defend the nation" I just can't see why lobbing rockets at the civilians of either side does any good at all.
This is the time when we should all remember that Explaining something isn't the same thing as Excusing that thing.
I was 13 months old. We were both born on the high tide of the American Republic, the year America liberated the world. And within our lifetimes, the republic has almost gone to the point it took the Roman Republic 240 years to do.
I'm just behind at AGE 75, a 2nd wave Boomer of 1948. I grew up on a street in LA full of parents who were the "Greatest Generation". I learned tenacity very early & I am still in the fight.
I was thinking of winning vs the Germans. If you count the Pacific war, I was going on 15 months. Everything you say is true, though if you consider the Roman Empire it was rather longer.
Just talked to my Israeli friend. Apparently, after the first shock, a whole LOT of Israelis are wondering why the "fence" (actually a highly sophisticated system) that Hamas broke through was apparently pretty much deserted by the forces in charge of monitoring it. Shades of 9/11 once again, though in this case there is rather more motive for Netanyahu to want an outrage than there was for Bush or the CIA.
Yeah, that information about the defenses in charge of the fence is now getting reported (at least it was on MSNBC). Hopefully the Israelis will remember as they unify that their leader is a lying asshole.
Sow, reap, repeat. I knew the general outlines, but thanks for the details.
The last time the US won a war I was 11 months old. I'm 79. The US is (perhaps was) the world leader. And these are the lessons we've been teaching. I do support the war in Ukraine because Ukraine had done NOTHING to Russia except be next door. Few if any other wars in modern times have had a similar "pure" start.
I deplore the killing of civilians for ideological ends, and though I can understand why both Palestinians and Israelis now feel a need to "defend the nation" I just can't see why lobbing rockets at the civilians of either side does any good at all.
This is the time when we should all remember that Explaining something isn't the same thing as Excusing that thing.
I was 13 months old. We were both born on the high tide of the American Republic, the year America liberated the world. And within our lifetimes, the republic has almost gone to the point it took the Roman Republic 240 years to do.
I'm just behind at AGE 75, a 2nd wave Boomer of 1948. I grew up on a street in LA full of parents who were the "Greatest Generation". I learned tenacity very early & I am still in the fight.
You certainly are, Bryan.
I was thinking of winning vs the Germans. If you count the Pacific war, I was going on 15 months. Everything you say is true, though if you consider the Roman Empire it was rather longer.
Just talked to my Israeli friend. Apparently, after the first shock, a whole LOT of Israelis are wondering why the "fence" (actually a highly sophisticated system) that Hamas broke through was apparently pretty much deserted by the forces in charge of monitoring it. Shades of 9/11 once again, though in this case there is rather more motive for Netanyahu to want an outrage than there was for Bush or the CIA.
Yeah, that information about the defenses in charge of the fence is now getting reported (at least it was on MSNBC). Hopefully the Israelis will remember as they unify that their leader is a lying asshole.