I join you in hope, Workerbee. :-)
I think one of the strengths of this thread is that we have focused on what we are in agreement on... the danger the unrest in the ME represents to us here in the US of A.
We haven’t poked and prodded to see what our disagreements might be so that we can bash one another over the heads with them.
In fact, it has strengthened our joint efforts to serendipitously discover the other areas in which we have close agreement. The benefit of our down-time tangents, I guess. :-)
And a clear way for new folks to integrate themselves in our happy little band.
I’ve read that other thread a couple of times. It just makes me sad.
Yep. Some of resembles the Directoire period of the French Revolution...
It also seems we each have our strengths and weakness, we seem to play off each other's strengths and help bolster each other's weaknesses.
“We haven’t poked and prodded to see what our disagreements might be so that we can bash one another over the heads with them.”
Hooorah.
To both of you, and the rest of us old reprobates.
The differences we may have aren’t nearly as important as making sure that our kids and grandkids don’t have to grow up afraid.
(Wandering off to my reloading bench with a fresh cup of coffee......there’s STILL something out there in the d*** wind.)