Back in battery...
All good things must come to an end, and another get together of the tribe is done...
It was really nice to spend four days with no internet, no TV, just shooting, talking, and eating… sigh
No more big sky sunsets for a while...
In other news, the US Navy is 250 years ‘young’, e.g. 250 years of tradition unmarred by progress...LOL
For those who are or may be interested, HERE is the link to the coin below.
And lastly, I listened to the news yesterday on my way back from vacation as the Israeli hostages were released! Twenty live hostages, and six bodies were returned. The thing that struck me was they were all male. No live females and no live children were left and I was unable to find out exactly how many women and children were taken Oct 7th, killed in captivity, or released... The Bibas mother and two children are the only indicator I could find of any of their bodies being returned, HERE.
Maybe, just maybe this will stop all the BS going on in the US over Palestine and Hamas, now that the peace treaty has been signed.
One hopes...
I noticed that about the Israeli hostages, too. There might have been one female among the living; it's hard to tell from the photos and names alone.
I believe (without substantiation) that the IDF likely negotiated the prior releases with a priority on getting women and children out first. Given widely-held beliefs on how Muslim terror groups treat females in captivity, it seems likely they would secure the women and children first, and that even the male hostages would support that decision.
Now there are no living hostages to worry about, it will be easier to apply pressure if the wogs get froggy.