Chatterbox

The question broad, the tone plaintive--so it seemed to me. "What do you think about what's going on?"

Of course, I am no member of the commentariat. So, rarely do I bother to opine in any extended fashion.

However, you asked.

When I heard the news of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, my first thought went to Tibet conquering the powerful Tang dynasty of China in 763 (yes, I had to check the date). Coincidentally most of my life parallels an aggressive Chinese attack on Tibet geographically and culturally. 

So it goes, the rise and fall, rise and fall. That idea exists in an immense river of historical time, but my life span is most likely only 80 or so years. A very, very, very, very small splash. An interest in history, I think, induces such thinking. Or maybe just mine.

Totally underwhelming notion? Probably so.

And Israel's history of going after perceived military threats dates back certainly as far as 1981 when the Osirak nuclear reactor (again, had to check date and location) in Iraq was bombed under the leadership of Prime Minister Menachem Begin. I'm not voting yay or nay on the policy, merely acknowledging this guiding principle exists in the world we live in.

Unsatisfying thought-wise? I get that.

Saw today estimates that Gaza may need $51B to rebuild and the US may have spent $50B on the war--but not war war--so far. I don't know what to make of such numbers. What Iran faces cost-wise, I haven't heard. Paging Brown and Root?

And, no, I didn't get a insider's heads up on US war plans or diplomatic insights.

Truthfully, I'm more interested in how my grapes are doing. The vine is much more developed this spring. I credit its growth spurt to my continuing neglect these 4 years.

I do think about workers investing in the stock of their employing company who get fired and then watching the stock value increase.   

I'm holding off planting tomatoes until May.

Reuters and others are reporting the UN believes North Korea is boosting its nuclear weapon production. Just noting.

I'm not in a frame of mind to connect dots, to drill down, to stir readily. Were I 50 or younger, maybe my temperament would be otherwise. 

By the way, I think identifying Boomers as being born between 1946 and 1964 is nonsense. A kid turning 20 in '66 and another in '84--what the hell do they have in common.