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Is War imminent?
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There is unrest all over the World, Middle East, with Palestine, Israel, and Iran, also some parts of Africa, to name just a few.
Plus the fact that the financial position of the world is also in turmoil.
Aren't these the sparks that could set off another World War?
Plus the fact that the financial position of the world is also in turmoil.
Aren't these the sparks that could set off another World War?
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Armed conflicts have, and I suspect always will, be with us. Man just doesn't seem to be able to 'reason and compromise, in good faith.'
But hopefully, never again will we see the all of the major countries on this overcrowded planet, with rapidly depleting resources, chose up sides and wage global war.
I managed to survive one, and I don't wish to see another.
Old Salt
But hopefully, never again will we see the all of the major countries on this overcrowded planet, with rapidly depleting resources, chose up sides and wage global war.
I managed to survive one, and I don't wish to see another.
Old Salt
The Diameter of the Bomb
~ Yehudi Amichai
The diameter of the bomb was thirty centimeters
and the diameter of its effective range about seven meters,
with four dead and eleven wounded.
And around these, in a larger circle
of pain and time, two hospitals are scattered
and one graveyard. But the young woman
who was buried in the city she came from,
at a distance of more than a hundred kilometers,
enlarges the circle considerably,
and the solitary man mourning her death
at the distant shores of a country far across the sea
includes the entire world in the circle.
And I won’t even mention the crying of orphans
that reaches up to the throne of God and
beyond, making
a circle with no end and no God.
~ Yehudi Amichai
The diameter of the bomb was thirty centimeters
and the diameter of its effective range about seven meters,
with four dead and eleven wounded.
And around these, in a larger circle
of pain and time, two hospitals are scattered
and one graveyard. But the young woman
who was buried in the city she came from,
at a distance of more than a hundred kilometers,
enlarges the circle considerably,
and the solitary man mourning her death
at the distant shores of a country far across the sea
includes the entire world in the circle.
And I won’t even mention the crying of orphans
that reaches up to the throne of God and
beyond, making
a circle with no end and no God.
Same here Boxtops,
I was locked up in an underground war room in London, for over a week; had marine guards with machine guns all around us. The intelligence messages and reports were even more scary when the were put-together-as-a-situation-report. And we were constantly creating regular situation reports.
Seems to me, isjustme,
Ever since I can remember, those areas have been a powder keg with a short fuse. My ship was patrolling in the same vicinity as the USS Liberty, which
got shot-up pretty bad by the USA's allies, the Israelis. We were virtually unarmed, except for a machine gun and a few shot guns and a some side-arms. So we went into Malta, with them until things settled down a bit.
But I still remember nearly every month, one of someone was sabre rattling or posturing or their planes were making a low level run at us.
No wonder I almost got an ulcer. I was very glad when I eventually got reassigned to a shore station in England.
OS
I was locked up in an underground war room in London, for over a week; had marine guards with machine guns all around us. The intelligence messages and reports were even more scary when the were put-together-as-a-situation-report. And we were constantly creating regular situation reports.
Seems to me, isjustme,
Ever since I can remember, those areas have been a powder keg with a short fuse. My ship was patrolling in the same vicinity as the USS Liberty, which
got shot-up pretty bad by the USA's allies, the Israelis. We were virtually unarmed, except for a machine gun and a few shot guns and a some side-arms. So we went into Malta, with them until things settled down a bit.
But I still remember nearly every month, one of someone was sabre rattling or posturing or their planes were making a low level run at us.
No wonder I almost got an ulcer. I was very glad when I eventually got reassigned to a shore station in England.
OS
