torpedoing raisi's helicopter wouldn't be sufficient retaliation for iran's insane strike on israel, but it would be worth at least two missiles, re: a tit for tat response.

i'm actually in support of assassinating the iranian leadership, and i would have been in support of assassinating saddam hussein, despite my opposition to the 2003 invasion. this is a far better tactic.

iran has a real opposition movement to the fundamentalists. i don't know if it's a majority, exactly, but it may be enough to tip into critical mass, if it gets a little help from the outside.

biden would rather deal with benny gantz than old man netanyahu, and i don't know the half of it or what interpersonal conflicts have developed between two men that have been near the top of their respective countries for the last thirty years, but i want to point out that i bet roosevelt hated churchill's guts, and you can tell just by looking at the pictures of the two of them, 80+ years later, and he didn't pull the trigger until after the war because he knew better.

i would hope the people of israel interpret gantz' ultimatum cynically. it's not helpful, right now. 

i grasp that there's innocent people being held in terrible conditions and there are people that love them that don't want to lose hope, but if you give hamas what it wants then it will do this again, and they've broadcast as much. the prime minister can't do that, as it's not in the country's interest. this is hard, but hold your resolve, israel.

israelis don't talk about martyrs, and i don't think they should start, either. these are not fallen soldiers, they're murder victims. but, their memories will outlast them, and those affected need to see the bigger picture.

it seems like nobody wants to tell them that, but they must be told it.