WarSclerotic

Following the unilateral cease fire announced by Israel, and the general sence of euphoria enduced by the inaguration of Barak Obama, I was getting ready to close down this blog for good.

Sadly, I no longer think that is a good idea.  Events since then have shown that the cease fire isn’t holding and the war drums on both sides continue to beat ominously in  the background.  Hamas is giving credit to Iran for helping them “win” the war, while Israeli officials openly speak about the Gaza op being a preparation for a war with Iran over the next year.

Yesterday, four missiles and 14 mortars were fired into Israel from Gaza.  This follows the attack two days ago at the border crossing that killed an Israeli soldier.  Israel responded last night with air strikes and says they will continue.

In short, the war is far from over…

Three days ago, I traveled to Jerusalem to find out Dore Gold’s opinion of the success/failure of the Gaza op.  His sentiments are not that different from Natan Scharansky’s who I saw last night on TV.  Sharansky said that the deterent restoration that Israel accomplished could have been done in 3 to 4 days of fighting.  Why the operation dragged on for another week and a half without accomplishing anything more is a real question.

Sharansky blamed the political leadership for not having clearly defined their goals in the beginning and sticking to them.

My father, Herman Wouk and me at the Israeli withdrawl from Sinai

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Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.

– Dalai Lama

Last night I bought a ticket to go to Israel on January 7. My intention was to raise public awareness in the country of Low Dose Naltrexone (LDN). This is the drug that saved my life from Progressive Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis a short 6 months ago.  (http://www.googleldn.com)

I also hoped that after the publicity campaign I’d be able to find a publisher to translate Google LDN !, the book I wrote about the subject into Hebrew and distribute it in Israel.

The book should become available worldwide in another month or so and I was planning to return then to begin the publicity campaign in the US for the book.

Today I learned that Israel had invaded Gaza in an all out war effort.

So much for my LDN plans. The media in Israel will be far too occupied with the war to focus on my story, as well they should be.

I had long ago given up trying to plan for more than a few months in advance.  Now it appears it’s becoming impossible to plan from day to day.

Rocket Threats to Israel Emanating from Lebanon and Gaza

But I’m still going, only instead of writing my LDN in Israel blog, I’m writing A Sclerotic Goes to War.

I plan to make daily video posts from the towns hit hardest in Israel, Ashkelon, Ashdod and Be’er Sheva.  I’ll present a very different picture from anything you’ll get from the mass media and I won’t pull any punches.

Though I’m too old to fight this time, at least I can show solidarity with my people under fire and listen and report about their experiences.

Come along with me for the ride.  It’s sure to be an “E ticket”.

Cheers!

Joe