Memorial Day - inside the visits to the Veterans Cemetery

On Memorial Day, we reprise encounters at the Los Angeles National Cemetery last Veterans Day with:

A Vietnam-veteran grandfather brings his grandchildren to visit their heritage - and instill a sense of American identity ...

... And a journalism co-ed, educated through her family trips to national memorials -  who bemoans the apathy of many college students to commemorate the holiday - while other friends of hers serve and died to defend our freedom.

Pentagon pushes bunker-buster bomb back 6-months; Cordesman's conflict scenarios

 A "bunker buster" bomb, with more than 10 times the explosive power of its predecessor, has been rescheduled for availability by the United States December 2010, six months later than previously scheduled, the Defense Department told Reuters on Friday.

Military analysts doubt Israel could disable Iran's nuclear facilities in a raid even with dozens of aircraft. Tehran has had years to build covert facilities, spread elements of its programs and develop options for recovering from an attack."Strong as Israeli forces are, they lack the scale, range and other capabilities to carry out the kind of massive strike the U.S. could launch," Anthony Cordesman, a former Pentagon strategist now at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, wrote in September. (Reuters)

An Illustrative Scenario Analysis
By Anthony H. Cordesman

Nov 19, 2007 - The attached briefing provides the material used in a scenario analysis and interactive game that looks at some of the consequences of a future nuclear exchange between Israel and Iran, and the possible impact of its expansion to cover targets in Syria, Egypt, and the Gulf.

There is no way to predict the forces each side will have in the future, or how they might target those forces and use them in war. It does seem clear, however, that both sides would probably be forced to target the other's population centers in any scenario that escalated beyond an initial demonstrative strike.

It also seems likely that such a conflict would quickly become existential in the sense that both sides would seek to inflict the maximum possible casualties on its opponent, and to destroy its ability to recover as a nation.

Iranian-Jewish activists enlist Wiesenthal watchdogs to warn of parallels between Nazi-ism and Islamism

Museum of Tolerance / Simon Wiesenthal Center's Rabbi Marvin Hier warns the world to recognize Islamism as the heir-to-Hitler's crusade for global domination, under the banner of anti-Zionism. "30 Years After," a new Iranian-Jewish social-activist group held its first Civic Action Conference in Beverly Hills in September. Foundational advisor, George Haroonian, makes introduction, with reference to Persian Jewish familiarity with both resistance against the Nazis and Iran's Islamist crusade.

Left's Anti-Iraq War Rallies Exploit Anti-Israel Agenda

The Left commemorated the 5th Anniversary of the Iraq War by organizing Anti-War protests between March 15-19th. (See 5YearsTooMany.com for reports from a rally close to you).

The Left's anti-Iraq War rallies have a sneaky habit of manipulating Iraq protestors to echo a pro-war agenda against Israel for its self-defense against Palestinian terrorism. Minority-rights and pro-Zionism activists find themselves at odds at gatherings to defend against anti-Israelism/anti-Semitism. This photo is from London. Below is Hollywood, Calif. Please note the prominent Palestine against Israel sympathism.

Find a local MoveOn.Org candlelight vigil report near you:

The war in Iraq has gone on for nearly five years. The unbearable costs at home and abroad keep mounting. It's clear that Americans are ready for a real change in direction. On March 19th, tens of thousands of people across the country will gather to observe the fifth anniversary of the war with candlelight vigils.

We'll commemorate the sacrifices too many families have made, and the billions of dollars wasted in Iraq that could have been better invested at home. Join us at a candlelight vigil on Wednesday, March 19th. Honor the sacrifice. Change our priorities. Bring the troops home. Click here to organize your own vigil, or sign up for one near you.