Soldier’s Mother – PaulaSays

Thoughts of a Veteran Mother

October 24, 2014 paulas 0

One day in December, 2008, my son called and told me he wasn’t where I’d dropped him off a bit over a week before. This […]

A Child’s Alarm

February 9, 2009 paulas 0

My daughter is explaining to me what happened last week in her school when the siren was accidentally set off in our area. She was […]

Thoughts of a War

February 8, 2009 paulas 0

After long talks with Elie, here are my thoughts (and his) on what came out of this war: What came out of this war: A […]

How Do You Tell Him?

October 2, 2007 paulas 0

How do you give your child bad news when he’s far away and you can’t see him, hold him? When you can’t know that he’s […]

We are a democratic country; so much so, we allow our enemies into our government and from the podium of our parliament, they have the freedom to call for policies that would destroy us. Our current enemies, those who pose the most immediate threat lie to our north. This is Hizbollah land, where according to their leader Hassan Nasrallah, “We have discovered how to hit the Jews where they are the most vulnerable. The Jews love life, so that is what we shall take away from them. We are going to win, because they love life and we love death.” Our enemies lie to the northeast. This is Syria. My sons have spent many months on the Golan Heights, including some tense days waiting to see how the Syrians would react after Israel sent planes to destroy a building widely believed to be the beginnings of a nuclear reactor. My oldest son fought near Gaza to help stop the rockets from being fired against Israel. Our enemies lie further to the east. This is Iran, led by fanatics who promise that they will do all they can to accomplish in a few minutes more than what Adolf Hitler accomplished in six years of war. The Iranian leadership has made it clear in words and actions that they are after a nuclear bomb and that their goal is to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. Believe them.