Except for the parking lot, that is full of scouts gathering in groups in preparation for the busses that will take them to their weekend destinations, the military cemetery is quiet this afternoon.  Miles of unfulfilled promise.  And promises.  “Don’t worry,” the old man says to the grandson who has just received his draft orders, “There won’t be wars like that anymore.  It’s all computerized.”  I think I’ve been hearing that line for ages – no more wars. 

We are standing around a grave that somehow seems smaller every year.  And I am thinking about how we study peace all the time but it is always theoretical. 

And you and I know, it takes 2 sides to make peace.   

But which sides are they?

If the Jordanians are flying in our military air drills as the Times of Israel noted today

, does it mean we will be fighting the Iranians together?  Does anyone remember that long ago Iran was our friend and Jordan was our enemy?  Do I really care?

All I really care about is the waste of all those great young guys in the military cemetery.