chaos and honey

Scenes From The War 29th July 2006, Herzilya - Israel 

isn't it?
the united nations wants to send an international force to southern lebanon to keep the peace.
only one problem they already had their chance, there was a united nations contingent of peacekeeping soldiers on the border when the 'boola attacked the israeli side and kidnapped two israeli soldiers.
not only that there have been other instances when the u.n peace keepers have stood by and watched as the 'boola have acted in aggressive ways.
so what gives now? suddenly i can expect some group of new peace keepers to do what the others could not? will they stop the 'boola from firing missiles, digging tunnels, pouring concrete bunkers, building camouflaged firing areas within the mountain and tree laden terrain?
no, no they won't and it is all bullshit. it is all crap. simply put the world is trying to have one over on israel, and if israel allows it to happen woe be to her. the 'boola must be destroyed completely from a military perspective. it must be beaten as one of my friends puts it, into shells. this is a war, this is not about being nice.
'boolas stated goal is to destroy israel, what needs translating from that communication? what is it that we are trying to decipher?
if the 'boola wants to remain a political sphere good for them, but they should not have one hand gun to their own.
not that this solves the whole puzzle either. because as much as people don't want to hear it, as long as iran is around and controlled by fanatics israel is still an iranian deathcamp waiting to come true. every day that iran gets away with out having to stop its nuclear research and bomb building exploits is another day closer to israel's destruction. iran gains everyday the world turns its head from what is going on in israel and lebanon.
which leads me to this question, just how close is iran to building a bomb? could it be that the iranians have a timetable, in fact have made a bet, that if they can get another six months of time that they will have the technology down and be ready to start producing weapons that can wipe out tel aviv?
maybe it is far fetched, maybe paranoid, but it is certainly not out of the realm of possibility.
anyone with common sense can figure out that the 'boola wasn't given a green light to attack israel because it suddenly thought they could wipe israel out.
it only stands to think that iran told the 'boola to go ahead, knowing that they might loose the military of the 'boola and hope they could save the political head for another day. that they could in fact draw israel into a war of attrition while iran gets time to build a bomb...........
because if the iranians get the bomb, what does it matter that the 'boola looses its military. they can simply out produce the normal folks of lebanon by having a bus load of kids in each family, continuing to practice democracy in lebanon, continue to build on their seats in parliament while their close friends in iran build the mother of all deterrents.
and then what is to stop the 'boola from rearming again? the u.n peace keepers, yes, they have done a wonderful job already in lebanon, not to mention africa.
not to mention their ability from keeping pakistan and india from building a nuclear arsenal, or for that matter north korea.
yes the world is a wonderful place, full of good people who are so well meaning that they would rather be nice and die then live having to fight for what is right.

Once Upon A Time In The North... 

.......to bring you more bad news Barbaro is apparently in poor health.

........things here are not tense but people are firm in their convictions that this situation must be dealt with.
Lebanon is under duress from Israel and rightfully so, this because the 'boola boys are part of the governing coalition within Lebanon, that makes the Lebanese govt. responsible too for what happened on Israel's side of the border yesterday.
Remember now, Lebanon was supposed to disarm the 'boola boys after Israel pulled out of Lebanon, they have had nearly six years to do so, but instead of disarming them they have allowed them to enter the govt. as an accepted political party and also permitted them to continue their struggle against Israel.
So I ask (jokingly), where is the love?
And again let's point out, it was Israel's side of the border, we pulled out of Lebanon almost six years ago. The border area had been certified as recognized by the U.N also as being under correct boundaries.
Thing about this nonsense is, most of us in Israel know Lebanon and particularly many of its citizens want nothing to do with the 'boola boys, we know Syria and Iran do. This conflict will be hard to extinguish and will probably ignite into a greater regional conflict. I imagine that if one more major incident happens and Syria sits in the background smiling or issuing statement against Israel that we will begin to see Israel hit Syria and hard.
Now as i have asked before, there is a major question - what is it that the 'boola boy and hamas is hoping to gain from all of this? What is it that they know. i believe they want a conflict with Israel which is kept at a low burn in order to gain political and propaganda points among thier supporters.
They are hoping to kill some israelis, kidnap some soldiers, and hoping to make Israel negotiate under duress.Believing Israel will keep things in perspective and let the enemy live to fight another day.....
What they are keen miscalculating though may be the size of Israel's response. Just how much can Israel be held on a short leash when it is clear that Hamas and the 'boola boys were the ones that started this fight? Just how much will Israel hold Syria and Iran accountable for what is going on when it is so obvious?
Here is the thing, this is a giant test...
Hamas and the 'boola boys do NOT think Israel will counter with blowing up whole towns, entire govt. buildings, take out a swath of the population in order to kill armies and bring their enemies to their knees.
and they may be correct,
but i believe they - hamas and the 'boola boys - have miscalculated.
I believe that if they have been given a green light from Iran and Syria to test the waters much like Arafa-quack did with his failed intifada that these parties are at risk of being destroyed in a way that they cannot imagine.
And it is time, it is time for Israel to take these corrupt and hostile goverments out. It may cost the lifes of 1000 - 5000 Israelis in battles and missile attacks, but it is time to make these fanatics and corrupt institutions understand that we will no longer tolerate their madness.
We want peace, we want it on our terms no doubt, but we have been willing to give up much of the West Bank and Gaza for a long time. But apparently that isnt good enough, and just like in the 30's and 40's with the Nazis, the Jews are facing a threat against their existence.
In short Hamas and many other Palestinian elements, the 'boola boys, Syria, and Iran want to wipe Israel out. It may be tough for people to accept this, it is however more important for Israel to realize this and act upon this known reality (it is not merely philosophy).
In short the other side has committed acts of war, good for them, now they should not be surprised when we actually fight a war instead of merely acting like a tough cop.

black hole check up time:
civil war in iraq officially by most standards rating blood spilled but still unannounced, this due to police action and not military action being waged. nice guys finish last phrase summing up political correctness gone mad.
iran playing poker with atomic research in hand and feeling as if it may be able to land an other ace on the river card.
terrorist attacks on indian rail system in heart of financial district killing at least 175 and injuring hundreds.
n. korea playing poker with atomic strategy in hand and feeling as if others will not call their bluff.
seemingly coordinated actions from 'boola and hamas 'wellspring' against israel in the span of 10 days kidnapping soldiers and launching missiles at israel........all well within the shadow of syria and iran smiling happily in background.
chechyen wacko leader blown up when apparently loading a truck with explosives to welcome guests at the g-8 goes wrong.

and the utterly peaceful but bad tidings and
odd coincidence of boston long tunnel cement falling off, house on upscale east side of manhatten blowing up, and chicago subway fire all within the past few days........
and russian plane going down in siberia.
NO SIGNS of terrorist activity in any of the cases......

but a clear sign that one should perhaps take out some insurance in case anyone is still around to pay it out and there is someone to collect.
Chaos Theory anyone?

per a question a month or so ago regarding if i am optimistic about what is happening with the arabs and palestinians and my saying no..........
i believe we are about to see the doors of hades open here in the middle east.

on deck.......for israeli military operations.....and politicos.
the 'boola boys, southern lebanon infrastructure, syrian infrastructure.........iran (making believe they are n. korea), and the world media onslaught.
my thoughts are these, olmert does not have the backbone to see this thing through and is still too interested in his political life. ONLY public demand will give him the balls to seek a solution....
and i can tell you the public is about about one more serious adventure away by the arabs in demanding an extremely strong response. we are not there yet,
again the classic question arises regarding how much the arab politicos and militaries are and will mis-read this situation.
again i ask, what is it that they know that we don't?
do the arabs & iranians actually have a plan that they are carrying out jointly? what is their end game scenario?
i am certain israel does have an end game scenario and has NEVER inflicted it upon its enemies. i am NOT speaking about nuclear weapons but am speaking about wiping out military infrastructures and units.
there will be war in our time it appears........

the zindane 'incident' happened right in front of us all........i have no idea what was said, but can assure you that whatever it was, it was not important enough to get yourself thrown out of the world cup final and supposedly your last game.
secondly, lets note that zindane has done this before. he stomped on a saudi player in the 98 world cup, did the guy call him a terrorist too?
he also head butted another player in 2000 in a serie A match when playing for Juventus and was suspended for five games.
no, i doubt zindane was called anything worthy of his actions, he merely lost his self control which he has managed to do a few times in his career.
having said that, he is still a great player, and i actually feel bad for him that he didnt have more control.
be as it may, italy was the best club at the tourney, we can argue till we are BLUE in the face about the last game, but i think if italy played france ten times with the same two teams italy would win about eight of those games.
the french for all their crying got to play an extremely tired italian team that by the second half of the game was utterly exhausted from their momentous game vs. the germans which will surely be remembered as one of the great games of all time.
ok, i know some of you are not interested but i think the top four teams in the tourney were: italy, argentina, germany, france.
if argentina had played germany anywhere but germany they would have certainly have beaten them. the only team i was glad that italy did NOT play was argentina and this was for the sake of my marraige and the fate of the italian team which would have been sorely tested.
as for zindane, he played fantastic throughout the tourney until his shakespearian finale which i still am in amazement about. he had a fantastic futbol life and he will be remembered among the greats but human, all too human.

what is time?
what if we were to say that in actuality that one year was really only one day? that in essence a day as we know it was merely an interval of a 365 part of a 'real' day as we would now call it?
thus a year would now be perceived in what we now mistakenly perceive as 365 years and a century would be - alas - approx. 3650 years in our human time.
and why do i say human time? that is because it is merely that, it is our measurement of space not anyone else's.
imagine if we decided to study history in such a way or even considered it in some parlance?
i am not joking about this.
science in many respects must look at time in a very oppositional way to human existence and our mere desire to mark things in such a short and finite manner. one in which we give so much importance to our individual consciousness instead of a collective whole.
look at the following photos
and this photographer's outlook on time within another dimension.
in regards to the planet and our existence within this scope, if we were to imagine that on a whole we only live on average 70-90 days it might change our philosophies profoundly in which we see our selves in this world when under the light.

so lets say some of those stupid missiles from n. korea somehow land on vacant schools in downtown tokyo & seattle what would the response of japan and the united states be?
would they declare war against north korea? would japan and the united states react..........?
they most certainly would.
now lets turn the tables a little, missiles are falling on israel from a palestinian enclave, one in which the palestinians have national powers such as being able to elect their own govt and their own security forces.
never mind that the palestinians elected a govt that has not only sworn it wants to wipe israel out, never mind that it openly condones and congratulates the killing and kidnapping of israeli soldiers,
we in israel should simply be grateful that we haven't been killed sooner, because that is after all what jews are supposed to do...........give up and die.
time once again for israel to kick ass and do it now, not just a simple kicking of the ass, but one in which it makes sure the punks cannot walk again.

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BUILDING ATTRIBUTES
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Functional Requirements

The garage should account for the complex spatial needs of the driver and the automobile:

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btw, at last count via the press the n. koreans have fired seven missiles as of this afternoon since yesterday.
this goes a long way in showing iran just how serious the world is about stopping this sort of behavior. i am sure they must be quaking in tehran just about now with the threats that the u.n. has so effectively been able to shower the north koreans way.
yes, once again, the world proves it is merely a wayward station for delinquents who know how to manipulate their evils and those who believe in rehabilitation......
this just might go down as the summer of the missile, still two months to go and plenty of action to come. it will prove interesting to see who shows the most envy as the days go by.
almost as compelling as the world cup. i understand you can hear a pizza being eaten in berlin today.......

i pause, hesitate in fact to consider the consequence of what if.......
does hamas know something israel doesn't? does it have at its disposal a magic weapon that is going to make the jews vanish?
what is it that we as israelis don't understand, that is supposed to make us suddenly surrender to quassams being fired into sderot, and now a quassam being fired into a school (no one was injured) in ashkelon?
what don't we know about ourselves that hamas and most of the palestinians seem to think that we don't understand?
help me please with this answer because after nearly six years of nonsense and this new escalation i really am at a lose of ability to contemplate what must be my very own ignorance.
i repeat here quickly for the record, we pulled out of gaza, which should have given the palestinians the ability to prove that they would be a worthy partner and the chance to make a garden bloom BUT instead they elected hamas into power, continued to send quassams into sderot, increase weapon smuggling from egyptian border area, continue to build tunnels to attack israeli outpost, have recently kidnapped an israeli soldier..........etc, etc,
yes, yes, to my detractors or devil advocates, i understand we are at war. but if this is the argument from the other side, well, then they had better be ready for the israelis to fight a war too.
BUT NO, they actually aren't. the palestinians bomb us, turn their back on peace efforts, elect people who say to our face they want us all dead, and then don't seem to understand that we don't react the way they want us too. that we don't simply give up, leave, kill ourselves from our own cowardice fear, etc, etc.....
really, i need to know. are the israelis so stupid that we are somehow missing the point, or is it that the palestinians are so engulfed in their own lies, hysteria, brainwashing that they do not understand that in fact there is a central reality?
a universal truth which does exist until it doesnt anymore, AND THAT is that we the jews, the hated israelis aren't going anyplace.
that we are going to continue to build a modern country, with a modern economy, go forward with learning including science in bio-chemistry and computers, banking, general industry and continue to try and be a part of western civilization.
and therein is the rub, the palestinians for the most part i believe want to be part of modern civilization, but perhaps not enough to leave their hatreds sleep and dissipate. we have built a fence for sure that keeps out suicide bombers and helps our security, but the real fence is in the minds of the palestinian society which refuses to knock down the walls that were built by the ill foundations that their entire system rests on. the corruption is absurd and it only hurts the palestinian more and more.
unless they have a secret weapon, a death sentence that can be carried out on all of the israelis, they had better wake to the reality of our world before it is too late for them.