Including the diplomatic upheaval surrounding all the bureaucratic finessing of getting those men back to Israel.
Not to mention, everything else happening on Sept. 11th.
Now to the other matter.
We have the right to defend our selves, our communities, our counties, our states, and our country, and we do not have to apply for permission to be prepared to do any of it.
Yet, we do have to apply for permission to exercise martial power - meaning, when mustered formerly into a community or a county or the state militia, we cannot use the military power of the assembled compliment of men *without* the lawful authority of the community, or county, or state giving the OK.
We *know* that, the authority to apply military force comes from our lawful representatives in the community government, and/or in the county government, and/or in the state government. As we expect the lawful authority to apply military force regarding our national defense, to properly be exercised by the Congress.
So, contrary to the incorrect impressions sold/told by the news media, the tens of millions of able-bodied men and women who keep and bear Arms in our country, are, by the principles of militia law in addition to the existing militia laws of each state, bound to military disclipine.
It is the largest group of freedom fighters in the world, and the world is most fortunate.
These men and women have not attacked anybody.
These men and women have not launched any missiles at Israel.
These men and women have not shot up any schoolhouse.
These men and women have not shot up any shopping mall.
These men and women keep and bear Arms as they properly should - they discuss training, they teach the proper keeping, bearing, maintenance, and storage. They do a lot of that without ever being called to the muster, and they do it at their expense, despite the fact that the practice of the muster has been neglected for some time.
That's correct, despite the formality of the muster gathering some dust, the people - many tens of millions - still hold themselves to the duty of being responsible citizens, for their individual, and our, defense.
I can assure you, Israel, that we are the last defense that you have in depth, on this earth, save the grace of the Almighty whom, we pray, will continue to allow us the means of defending ourselves against evil, pirates, terrorists, and police states.
Despite decades of leftists, liberals, progressives - the nationalizing socialists - constantly attempting to destroy our defense *and your defense* thru repeated attacks not only upon our Second Amendment, but upon our First Amendment ... which attacks have been aiding and abetting evil, pirates, terrorists, absolutists and others who arrogantly demand that we, and you, submit to police states.
Our presence of Arms and mind and willingness to be prepared to fight for liberty, is what carried the moment of hundreds of thousands of moments, as we slugged it out against the last national socialist police state that used the power of government to belittle people to the point of grinding millions into the dust.
We would like for people to not have to go thru that again.
We know our responsibility to your and our safety, and we will not easily be moved away from our duty to protect each other *and you.*
You may visit any of the many battelfield cemetaries around the world, where there are plenty of markers where our men and women rest, evidence of how serious we are about resisting police states.
You'd be right, if you said, "... but your government arranged for ..." yes, true, we organized to fight against police states, but our preparation on a personal level, you badly, incorrectly, and unjustly underestimate.
- Freedom Fighter
On second thought, it's just more of the same!
Some [five?] young Israeli lads jumping up and down and cheering on a New York City rooftop, as they were also filming the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001...
They were in fact arrested, but the cheering may be a myth. Strangely enough, I was acquainted with an Israeli who once worked as a mover in the area.
I take one thing back. I cannot asure Israel, and I can only hope to, and pray that, we can, if not prevented by the nationalizing socialists and their considerable efforts to create a new police state.