The lesson is that we are living in a far different world than that of our parents and grandparents, one that requires adjustment in our thinking. There is no privacy and no real security even when strong measures are taken. The nation Israel has been a target over the centuries, both in Biblical times and…
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Israel's national media reported within days that Iran was behind the missing jet. It would be sensible to tighten our airspace as well, for a start.
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I can't believe the Israeli's aren't prepared to shoot any unidentified aircraft entering their airspace down ---- of more concern would be Iran getting nuclear weapons ---- What's the worst case scenario --- fill the 777 with explosives and fly in where? Nope -- if it does turn out to be a hijacked plane…
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The mystery around the disappearance of the Malaysian jet gets more and more complicated. Our hearts go out to the families and friends of the passengers and crew member on the missing jet. Israel is wise to tighten its security with a missing jet. One of the scenarios mentioned in the news is that the plane…
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If we cannot gain the trust of other countries to enable a speedy investigation so that we can determine where security went wrong, we will be set up for hijacking of American planes. If we don't know how they did this, we cannot prevent the same from happening to us. I think that huge amounts of money flowed…
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This should serve to remind us that we live in a dangerous world and there are many who would do us harm. Sometimes we become complacent and start to feel secure and then these reminders happen. Israel is in a constant state of being reminded since they deal with terrorism regularly. They are much better…
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Our foreign policy is basically non-existent and Secretary of State Kerry wants the world to think climate change is the most important issue. Ask Ukraine or other formerly-Soviet countries.
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What people should understand about the referendum is that with the threat of violence and actual violence, and intimidation of Russia’s military occupying the Crimea, Ukrainians who support a free Ukraine did not go out to vote as they considered the referendum illegitimate. The United States and the European Union have told Putin they will…
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Rejecting the vote of the people is a rather useless position. I think that it is even laughable as they will do nothing to change this outcome and they will do nothing definitive to help the Ukraine. Putin is holding all of the winning cards. It may mean a domino effect and the falling of other former Russian states. …
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I think there is more to come. If I lived in a country next to Russia, I would be very concerned. Sadly, there is no more "peace through strength."
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