Marking the Days

The hostages that terrorists seized in Israel on October 7, 2023 have been held in Gaza far too long. This has been no Six Day War glory for Israel or even near tragedy like the Yom Kippur War of 1973, but a national humiliation for the Israelis who have lost their reputation for being able to do the seemingly impossible, and look weak and ripe for the picking by the mad mullahs of Tehran. I am not saying the IDF has lost its edge, only that is likely the perception of implacable fanatics in the Islamic Republic of Iran and their Houthi henchmen in Yemen. There is no deterrence to the Twelvers, who now see Israel for all the alleged might that nation possesses as incapable of stopping incoming missiles and even unable to rescue kidnapped people after over a year and a half.