HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Romping around in PA!

 

Michelle and I went up to the motherland, Pennsylvania to romp around Gettysburg.  We had not been there for a while and went East into Amish country near Lancaster.  We usually roam around the West side of the state and don't really go beyond Gettysburg, so it was a welcome departure to check out a new place.

We did stop short of going into Philadelphia!

We also took the back way through Western Maryland and Northern Virginia.  We went past the Antietam and Bull Run battlefields before getting back on I-95 and a direct route home. 

Next time, we might go for the Great Plains and up to the Canadian border to yell insults at Justin Trudeau.  Gotta feeling no one will try to stop me...LOL

 

Happy Veterans Day!

 

More Middle East stuff...

 

There have been forty (probably more...) drone attacks against US troops in Syria and Iraq since the outbreak of the Israeli-Hamas.  Fortunately no American soldiers have been killed.  So, what happens if one does get killed?

The US has launched a few airstrikes, but against minor targets.  The Iranian-backed militias do not seem that impressed. 

A deadly Iraqi militia strike could restart another Iraq War and it seem pretty obvious US troops are not welcome there.  It might be a good idea to leave, but do so under the cover of airstrikes.  I don;t like the idea of leaving like that, but it is better than another Afghan debacle and the possibility of a war with Iran, leading to wider regional war and who knows after that.

With the somewhat low quality of leadership in DC, America might be sleep walking into a Third World War.