Weather It Is (A Flash and Rumble)

Good Evening:

Just a follow-up.

I meant to mention that the blog was inspired by a conversation I had with a fellow neighbour in Efrat. Interesting that just this morning, we read that the US warns us against toppling Hamas.

Agency head Michael Flynn warns against the dangers of toppling Hamas, saying what may replace them could be even worse. (http://www.timesofisrael.com/day-20-idf-toll-rises-to-42-hamas-breaches-truce-resumes-rocket-fire-kerry-heads-home/)

To put things in perspective, think of this joke.  What do you call a person who eats vegetables, answer: a Vegetarian.  What do you call a person who eats people, answer: an humanitarian.  The US presents its policy as being humanitarian in nature, or for democracy, but really, it is just about interests.

With increasing atmospheric stability, the skies should free themselves of any clouds and the sun should beat down like a summer sun.  Yet, the temperatures are not really all that warm, and it is almost possible to stand outside under the baking summer sun and ask yourself: is this really summer?  Who turned down the thermostat?

With increasing atmospheric stability, it is also possible to hear far away rumbles of thunder -- I mean artillery.  And, with a flash of insight I finally understood why Mr. Obama/Kerry keep pushing us into a ceasefire.  In fact, if you look back over the years, there are many wars that Israel (now we) fought, only to have them end prematurely in a ceasefire, before any real winner was apparent. Imagine how history would have transpired if Germany and Japan had simply agreed to a ceasefire, rather than total surrender.   Well, just think of North Korea and North Vietnam, and think of Hizbollah and Hamas.

Who pushed us into the various ceasefires: The United States.  Why did they do it? Because our interests (total victory) do not always overlap with their own (interests in the Arab world).  Obama/Kerry want us to agree to a ceasefire because they don't want us to defeat Hamas, who are the dependent of Qatar, with whom the US just signed an  $11 Billion arms deal http://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-and-us-openly-at-odds-over-gaza-ceasefire-terms/).  Moreover, if it is not Hamas ,then it is some other Arab country they have relations with.  Don't get me wrong: the US is our ally, but only in the sense where our common interests overlap.

The result is that we are consigned to years of perpetual war.

This is what makes the cabinet's unanimous decision to reject the ceasefire so significant.  It may not be the first time, but it is the most obvious instance of the Israel government (and the Jewish people) standing up and saying "no."  Of course, no country is ever truly independent, but we've taken our first true step forward towards a new and different future.

Tzorot Tovot.

Barry Lynn