Wednesday, November 21, 2012

21 November 2012 Into the kitchen to visit a duck




Cassi Creek:
          Today, I’ll be doing as much prep for tomorrow as possible.  I’m planning to bake a pie for Gloria so that she gets some semblance of dessert.  The weather promises to be clear and warm enough to cook over charcoal.  I may butterfly the duck and grill it.  I may use a tea rub on it, or smoke it over tea during part of the process.  Roasting it indoors is the last and least desirable option.  Somehow, during the trip to town yesterday we neglected to get cranberries.  We have frozen blueberries on hand.  Dinner may be an adventure. 
          I’m not sure what the Hamas plan is now.  It seems as if they are trying to expend as much ordnance as possible in hopes of inflicting as much harm and damage as possible.
          I encountered an unexpected response, last night, from a friend; who finds it hard to believe that Hamas would shelter its rocket teams and its rocket factories among the populace.  I’ve seen civilians used as cover to prevent U.S. forces from attacking villages and other infrastructure.  It is common practice when one side is hoping to defeat a more powerful force that adheres to a policy of no harm to civilians.  That is an ideal goal but is unrealistic when a smaller force wants to put the larger at a disadvantage.  Mosques, schools, hospitals, and family homes are common shelters of opportunity for Muslim forces fighting non-Muslims.   If Gandhi had used his passive non-violent approach against a Muslim nation rather than against Britain, he would have failed.
          A cease fire has just been declared – brokered primarily by Egypt.  I can only wonder how long it will last and how effective it will be before it is broken, most likely by Hamas.

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