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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