Why we’re still here

Sometimes, weathermen (or women) think about things other than about the weather. It doesn’t happen often, but it does happen. I’d like to tell you about that — about a dream I had Friday night. It had to do with Hassan Nasrallah.

But, before I get back to him, I should mention that it looks like our New Year will turn a bit chilly, and there could be some showers as a cool front moves into our area starting tomorrow. There isn’t much moisture associated with this system, so showers should be localized and not particularly heavy.

It should warm up a bit during the New Year Holiday, and the following week should just be neither here nor there — just typical. Yaakov Cantor suggests that October will be warmer and drier than normal, while November should transition into an above normal rainy December.  Again, typical of recent years.

Of course, our news has not at all been typical these last couple of weeks. In fact, one wonders if we will follow our assassination of Hassan Nasrallah with an attack on Iranian nuclear sites, etc.

Getting back to my dream, which was a bit odd, one might say, Hassan arrives at the gates of (their promised) heaven and takes a long, expecting look over the shoulder of the gate person. It turns out that G-d himself has come to meet this very special person (Hassan).

First, Hassan tries to confirm that he’s really dead and is now entitled to his just rewards. “Am I really dead and am I entitled to enter these gates,” he asks?

G-d: Yes, and no.”

Hassan: Oh, so I am.  Why not?

G-d: Tell me why you deserve to enter my pearly gates and maybe I’ll change my mind.

Hassan: Look at how successful we’ve been. We’ve completely confused the world. You have all these folks who simply love us. They march for us, and what do they call for? “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free!” Not only that, you know who these folks are? They are the ones we would quickly hang from light posts if they ever set foot here. In fact, our sponsor, Iran, hung more than 800 persons last year alone!

G-d: Go on.

Hassan: Look at the crazy things they say. Secretary State Blinken said that he’s never heard of a case where escalation has led to stabilization. The French want the US to force a ceasefire on Israel.

Hassan: How stupid can these people be? Imagine the United States forcing Britain to accept a ceasefire with Nazi Germany after the Blitz of London. Where would that have left the French and the Free world? Imagine the allies about to enter Germany and destroy the Nazi regime and an alien power enforces a ceasefire on the allied armies. With friends like these, Israel doesn’t need enemies.

G-d: I see your point.

Hassan: Get this one, they really made me laugh. They asked for a 21 days ceasefire to reach a diplomatic solution. We told them it’s not long enough [for us to rearm].

Hassan: But the biggest reason you should let me in? Look how dumb they all are.

G-d: Hmm?

Hassan: They bought our propaganda hook line and sinker.

Hassan: We’ve made fools of those who should know better. Did you know that The New York Times wrote an article that describes how Iran funded it’s proxies, including Hezbollah, to protect itself from Israel! It referred to them as “forward defensive'” bases. Of course, if the writers write it, the readers buy it. One of them actually wrote this amazing and very astute sentence verifying our entire strategy to fool the world works: “Instead of a direct so-called ‘preemptive strike on Iran,’ Israel is choking the country. With overall geo-political and regional power dynamics of the region in flux, Israel’s new military doctrine appears to disavow any pretensions to diplomacy and banks on force.” This while these same “defensive” bases are bombing the Zionist State from all directions!

Hassan: When the aggressor becomes the victim and the victim becomes the aggressor, you can see that we’ve succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.

G-d:  But, maybe I (and that’s a capital I) don’t want you to destroy Israel.

Hassan: I hear you, but this week’s Torah Portion warned the Jews of a “Blessing & and Curse.” The Jews might have re-entered the land, but don’t you think it’s about time for the curse?

G-d: Why’s that?

Hassan: They have politicians who divide the people. They have so-called Rabbis who are corrupt, and are not kind to the convert and/or stranger.

G-d: All true, but look what they have built? They have built hospitals (not command centers under them), trains (not terror tunnels), they have made the desert bloom, instead of burning it, they have art and music, and big families whose children go to University instead of terror schools.

Hassan: So, I hear you, but when it comes down to it’s Muslim Land and they have to go.

G-d: The only one whose going is you, and it’s not through that door. Good-Bye!