Weather It Is (Break Down -- And Acts of God)

Good Afternoon:

The weather should quickly warm for Shabbat, but then cool off quickly the day after.  In fact, it won't feel at all like summer, and we might be left to wonder if the missiles flying asunder portend a rainy winter.  In fact, looking at the 700 mb and 500 mb levels shows an undulating wave pattern that may resemble by early next week the weather of fall than summer.  (I should mention the slight chance of showers as the cold air moves in on Sunday and Monday.)  It seems like our normal, summer weather patterns are breaking down, to replace, like the political situation, with instability.

If you'll beggar my pardon, I'd like to bring up a point.  There is a place in the US called Tornado Alley.  There are over time more frequent and intense tornados than in other locations.  This means that periodically folks need to run to their safe room (or hide in their bathtub).  However, the possibility of Tornados are usually predicted in advance -- meaning that preparations can be made beforehand -- and warning times are as large as 10 minutes.  A stressful situation, for sure, but somewhat manageable.

Here, in contrast, missiles appear from a clear sky with only seconds warning.  True, people can go to their safe rooms (even if they have to jump out of a moving car), but this is where the similarity ends. Besides, the obvious that missile attacks are acts of Man, not God, there is no possible way to plan or to carry out normal activities.  The fear of death, instead, hangs over all at all times. Our government has failed its citizens for the simple reason that it keeps doing the same thing over again -- agreeing to ceasefires that are always broken by the other side (Hamas, Islamic Jihad, etc), and then tolerating intermittent missile attacks (as if, as I said, they are acts of God not man) -- attacks that bring constant fear, if not actual injury or death.

People are saying that we can never win this war, and, in fact, Pres. Obama is offering to mediate a ceasefire.  Quite frankly, ceasefires are for losers, and we lose every time we agree to one.  Hamas represents an evil ideology whose goal is to kill all of the Jews and impose Radical Islam on "Palestine," and eventually, with other similar ideologies, on the rest of the world.  They may not be as powerful as the Nazis once were, but they are as evil.  And, like the Nazis, they can and must be destroyed.  We are the Vanguard to do so.

Shabbat Shalom,

Barry Lynn