A comment from the UK…
( I felt this deserved more attention than in the comments section. – JW )
Sometimes Joseph, some of here in the UK, non Jewish people who strongly support Israel, we feel that you Israelis are the modern day equivalent of Leonidas and his Spartans holding off the Persians for us. Until we come to our senses and support you.
We are not the commentators and politicians, who seem to use every opportunity to degenerate your country. We are the ordinary people who admire your resolution, your bravery and your clear-sighted view of the Iranian threat.
I hope that you will be able to persuade Obama to do what most Americans seem to want-to support you in the removal of an increasing threat from Iran, not just to you but to the whole free world and Sunnis everywhere. Now.
It probably does not give you much help just to wish you well, if Obama continues his dithering, in an attempt to defer action until after the Presidential election, and you thus have to go alone on Iran but I can assure you that there will be at least one Brit’ cheering you on and praying for your success. I believe that there will be many more.
On a more general note, congratulations on a brilliant, informative and factual site, which should be required reading by all interested in the subject.
I wish you, personally, better health and happier days from here in the UK. Thank you for all you do.
From Blimp
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WarSclerotic 
June 19, 2012 at 12:58 PM
Joseph – thanks for posting the comment from Blimp. We can use all the friend we can get!
June 19, 2012 at 1:59 PM
Very intelligent telling…” Israelis are the modern day equivalent of Leonidas and his Spartans holding off the Persians for us.”
Yes, the great Battle of Thermopylae will be forever remember in history as the moment when ” a few made the stand for the sake of many ” if i may use a churchillian manner of speak. But, my dear friends here and beyond Israel, we want to be glorious like Leonidas , yet not dying in the process. Still, the comparison is very good and i salute you, Blimp.
June 19, 2012 at 2:41 PM
Posted by Blimp
Luis, thank you for your kind remarks.
Your gentle criticism is correct though. I would not wish the fate of Leonidas and his Spartans on our Israeli friends, heroic though was their stand.
Shall we suggest instead Themistocles and his navy at Salamis as a better example? Heavily outnumbered, destined for defeat, yet victorious by intelligence and bravery, the Athenians saved the West at Salamis from a barbaric Persian occupation. The results of that battle, following the brave stand of the Spartans that gave them time, enabled the Greeks to ensure that civilization survived.
That seems to me a fitting comparison for what the Israelis are doing on behalf of us all in the west now.
Your Dolphin submarines, with their hitting power, may make the comparison even more apposite.
More strength to your elbow and the thanks of all those of us in the UK who do realise what you risk on our behalf.
With best wishes to you and all our Israeli friends.
Blimp
June 19, 2012 at 3:07 PM
Dear Sir,
Thank you for your appreciation and for the joy i took from your skilled note on the naval battle of Salamis. The Spartan conjecture is impressive, too, because Israel today means what Sparta meant, back in the ancient time. The passion for the History can teach us important things; anyhow, i wish you and our friends from the Great Kingdom the best of luck and good health.
With respect, Luis.