Iran is Completely Insane

For 99.49% of the196 countries of the world, there is some reasonable expectation of sanity. You can deal with them. Offer incentives. Make trade deals. Even make peace. And, the threat of war actually means something to them. But, there is one country that seems immune to reason:

Iran

Most people are mystified by Iran’s seemingly irrational behavior, but they shouldn’t be – since it is fairly easy to understand why they choose to act the way that they do. They actually told us, and we didn’t pay attention. So, over the next few minutes I’m going to show EXACTLY why they are completely insane.

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Back in Israel, and Staring into the Abyss

Well, I finally made it back to Israel, after being away for a year and a half. After a peaceful existence in Taipei, returning to the stress of Jerusalem has been difficult. Israel is a country under siege, and part of the reason for that is the disaster that we all face.

Some of what happened over the past week has been more than a little shocking. We knew that it had to come, but that knowledge did little to lessen the shock. What I’m talking about is the cutoff of gas to 60% of Europe, and the decoupling of the Swiss Franc from the Euro.

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