I mean the Iran situation.
Now is one of the times that I miss Lee most intensely. Lee was an honors scholar in political science and international relations at Rutgers. He was extremely astute in that field. The program he was in was mainly for students who planned to go on as career diplomats. He would have not made a good diplomat. In fact, diplomacy was not his strong suit. Any of his readers would know that. He did not intend to be a diplomat, he just loved the topic and the dynamics of international relations. He would explain and talk about this situation with real expertise.
I have a very deep-seated fear of war. That is because I was a very little kid when World War II started. I used to think that we could get bombed, like was happening in Europe. I saw that in the newsreels at the movies. I was too little to realize that they couldn’t get here. They did put canvas up around the boardwalk at the shore, to hide the lights from German U boats, which were considered a threat. We had air raid drills, blackouts, rationing and the whole changed mind-set of a country at war. And it scared me to death.
After weighing all the factors that I can find, I realize that this action had to be taken. The Iranian people are engaged and energized right now and they should be helped.
And if we don’t who will?
I will pray very hard for success and a victory for the Iranian people and a minimum of casualties . And, of course, a quick end to the conflict.
God bless everybody.
Patty
This is one of, if not THE most significant political development of my lifetime. I’m watching with keen interest, hoping and praying that the loss of innocent lives is minimal, and that it works out well.
I am praying for that, too.
Keeping an eye on various news sources. It looks like a lot of bad things are happening, but thankfully there have been relatively few casualties on from retaliation.
Something to watch carefully.
From what I’ve heard, a lot is happening. This is very interesting to observe.