Jewish Odysseus: DO THESE MEN LOOK FRIGHTENED?

Sunday, October 25, 2009

DO THESE MEN LOOK FRIGHTENED?

Brig. Gen. Doron Gavish, commander of the Israeli Air Defense Corps,
at left, with U.S. Rear Adm. John Richardson in Tel Aviv on Thursday.

I'll bet the Persian lunatics planning a 2d Holocaust are a bit nervous about this story [and that's a good thing.]:

TEL AVIV -- The U.S. and Israeli militaries began a combined air-defense exercise on Thursday involving about 1,000 American soldiers and simulating a scenario in which U.S. forces deploy to Israel to help defend the country against incoming missiles.

The three-week drill, the fifth since 2001, is part of a growing partnership between the two militaries that has coincided with rising fears in Israel about Iran's growing arsenal of missiles and nuclear ambitions.

"In time of need the Israel Defense Forces will protect our country, however, if decided, our defenses will be enhanced by the United States' capabilities," Israeli Air Defense Corps commander Brig. Gen. Doron Gavish told a news conference.

2 comments:

Batya said...: What about that shooting in LA? When I saw your headline, I thought that was going to be the subject.; October 31, 2009 at 9:49:00 AM PDT
Jewish Odysseus said...: Ohhh, Batya, thank you for guiding me to my next topic!

BTW, the LA shooting took place AFTER this lovely gathering of focused military minds.; October 31, 2009 at 1:05:00 PM PDT

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The Odyssey by Homer, Chapter 21:

For long Odysseus stood with the bow in his hands, handling it as a minstrel handles a lyre when he stretches a cord or tightens a peg. Then he bent the great bow; he bent it without an effort, and at his touch the bow-string made a sound that was like the cry of a swallow. The wooers seeing him bend that mighty bow felt, every man of them, a sharp pain at the heart. They saw Odysseus take up an arrow and fit it to the string. He held the notch, and he drew the string, and he shot the bronze-weighted arrow straight through the holes in the back of the axe-heads. Then as Eumæus took up the axes, and brought them outside, he said, ‘Thou seest, lord Telemachus, that thy guest does not shame thee through foolish boasting. I have bent the bow of Odysseus, and I have shot the arrow aright. But now it is time to provide the feast for the lords who woo thy lady mother. While it is yet light, the feast must be served to them, and with the feast they must have music and the dance.’ Saying this he nodded to Telemachus, bending his terrible brows. Telemachus instantly girt his sword upon him and took his spear in his hand. Outside was heard the thunder of Zeus. And now Odysseus had stripped his rags from him and was standing upright, looking a master of men. The mighty bow was in his hands, and at his feet were scattered many bronze-weighted arrows.