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WW2.5

Why WW Two and a half that's because the weekend started last night when thankfully I was in bed, if you're a reader of my blog then you already know what the weekend brings family so I don't have to repeat myself but just incase I'll tell you again it's time when all our family gets together like they do every other weekend, my son's home from his job abroad after giving in his notice before he starts a new job, my daughter who is in college and her fiance are here from the local town and my other daughter who still lives at home and her fiance are all here, it's just like a poker game "full house" literally, especially with the dogs running around like chickens with their heads cut off, there's only one word to describe it and that's bedlam. Of course I'm enjoying the peace and quiet while I can, writing my blog, drinking coffee and smoking a cigarette (after lightning the fire) while I can as it won't last long before they all get up and then it's the beginning of my headache time, don't get me wrong I love having them all here around my wife and I but it does get a bit overwhelming at times. Well that's enough about that as you all know what it will be like so lets change the subject while I still have time for my brain to continue in english before it switches over to a different language.
The beginnings of a war in the middle east what do you think will it escalate or will it stabalise, I'm not really sure but I hope the latter is correct. If Iran again retalitates what then will Israel do and what are the consequences, will it be the start of the use of localised nuclear bombs of which I'm sure Israel has but I'm not sure about Iran and then what happens does the whole of the middle east just explode into a war zone or not. Myself I hope that a country like maybe the US or a third country will intervine with peace talks for the sake of the whole world and mankind as we all know it. The Israelis and the Iranians are both fanatical about their religion so why don't they just practice what is in their holy books, forgiveness, that's the key word which I hope and pray they will consider before doing anything drastic. As of yet I haven't broused through the many tv stations and web sites to see what happened last night but I'm hoping it went peacefully and both the leaders of Israel and Iran have come to their senses and have decided enough is enough and calmed down. My heart felt hope is yes and I'm sure that there are other people that think the same, get around the table to sort your differences out instead of putting the whole world on edge, it's a volatile situation and one misplaced match can ignite an inferno just as the Russian attack yesterday on a civilian target killing and wounding so many innocent people going about their daily lives may do, now without the help of the west Ukraine can't defend itself because of politicians and it's all up to Putin and the Ayotolla to make their minds up before it's to late to turn back because once the button is pushed then that's the beginning of the end or the start of the beginning. Well I hope you have a wonderful weekend I'm sure I will if I pretend to be deaf and will write again tomorrow, if you enjoyed reading todays blog then like and perhaps comment as I would like to hear what you think. Thank you and may God watch over us and keep us safe. 

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