tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post4409609246575741898..comments2023-10-27T03:41:13.171-07:00Comments on Warning Signs: Welcome to the Middle East. We're All Crazy Here.Alan Carubahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10901162110385985193noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-68870020863728918662011-04-10T10:33:17.932-07:002011-04-10T10:33:17.932-07:00Here's MY solution to the MidEast conflict -- ...Here's MY solution to the MidEast conflict -- read topic #3 on www.ideasforourfuture.com. Universally, youth are the hope of the future -- they're also the Mideast's ONLY hope for a peaceful future. Read it, and see if you agree. What a waste of human life, generation after generation -- SOMETHING MUST BE DONE. Thanks for your time, Lee Webb, Naples, FL and Broomfield, COUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08776035968964992589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-48461521541733192432011-04-09T22:22:09.693-07:002011-04-09T22:22:09.693-07:00somewhat OT but hoping someone of your readers can...somewhat OT but hoping someone of your readers can help, Alan - if that's allowed: last year a photo journalistic piece was prominent on the net, of the "this week's/month's remarkable photos" type. Among them was a photo of American servicemen in Afghanistan[?]. It showed 3-4 servicemen in fatigues sitting on the ground with their backs to a command car [?]; the helmet closest to the lens had been stencilled with this verse from the psalms: Though an army encamp about me..... [I don't remember the exact wording, whehter it's the KJV or the RSV]. I've searched absolutely everywhere and can't find it. There are other photos on the net showing verses of psalms stencilled on helmets but I can't find this specific pic. It was, I think, around this time of year that it appeared. Any help would be appreciated. <br />thanks<br />SZ in Israel [hoping Samson's Solution will not need to be used and the world will come to its senses before then].sereezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841296674335756887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-44555137773741193822011-04-07T06:14:15.021-07:002011-04-07T06:14:15.021-07:00Tell me about it!
My first overseas tour in the n...Tell me about it!<br /><br />My first overseas tour in the now disbanded U.S. Army Security Agency was Peshawar, Pakistan (Yes, Virginia, we really did have an joint U.S. Army/Air Force COMINT and TELINT base there in 1967 to spy on Red China and the Soviet Union) at the ripe old age of 19 years.<br /><br />All new arrivals were given a mandatory briefing on the "Do's" and "Don'ts" of service in an Islamic country, for instance, never take a picture of a woman and never enter a Mosque.<br /><br />Also, "Be advised that the government of Pakistan has no authority if you wander more than three feet off the roadway - You're in tribal land and they can do what they want to you."<br /><br />The duty was a Peshawar was quite interesting, but off duty hours were usually spent over beers at the Airman's Club, movies at the Khyber theater and ping pong at the recreation center.<br /><br />In contrast to most G.I.s overseas none of us attempted to date the local women. I understand the last soldier who tried to date a local girl ended up with his throat cut and his body dumped in an alley.<br /><br />Yes, we were told about this in the briefing and shown the pictures of the incident that had happened in 1965. In those days the military pulled no punches concerning our "ally" Pakistan's majority religion, and provided us with armed escorts when we went off base.<br /><br />In summary: Going to Peshawar, Pakistan was like taking a time machine to Bible times. I will never forget the smell of burning cow manure, the major source of fuel in that part of the world.Ronbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02767498198886077632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-196554259323465442.post-38135156631792742822011-04-06T19:43:52.641-07:002011-04-06T19:43:52.641-07:00What makes the people of the Middle East think the...What makes the people of the Middle East think the way they do? Is it a genital defect?, Is it a religious thing. Is it a throwback to cavemen? Does their language not allow them to think and reason? Do these people really think their way of life is logical? <br /><br />We deal with our domestic lunatics for the most part in a firm and terse manner. A lunatic is a lunatic, foreign or domestic.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06139997576312097872noreply@blogger.com