I have grown like Larry and Ray over time. I knew a number of their kind and of their station in life as native and contractor inside the Capitol Beltway for many decades. The private conversations I had with their kind included veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam and all the little events through to today. Some were relatives and most were close enough through my friendship through their children that they often treated me like family.
When I heard Ray refer to the last Israeli “response” as being an equal message sent. The word they used to use for this in the 1970s was “detente”. Each side sits in a high position and a new understanding of posture has been achieved.
As my good friend Angry Tiger reminds me about the bomb makers and the bankers (one in the same) that should this be the end of hostilities, then this is the point where everybody starts working on new and more costly weapons. Hence the shovel and pick store making it rich by selling the gold rush miners supplies. The miners may not make much but the Tool Guy will make a fortune. Weapons are tools of war.
Yours in liberty,
Vince
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