We keep moving forward with the hostage negotiations – or we think we are moving forward – and then they turn around and bring us back to square one.  They don’t really want to give up the hostages, and even though we captured 650 Hamas soldiers today, they know we’ll feed them well and give them back eventually, while our elderly, women, and infants die of hunger in Gaza.  It feels like negotiating with the devil – and we think we’ll get our souls back, but it doesn’t look good.

On the other hand, we are learning that we’ve got some pretty amazing soldiers – some we thought were only insurance salesmen or animal trainers.  And they’ve left their businesses behind and are doing an amazing job.

You’re wondering perhaps why I am not calling for an immediate ceasefire like my friends in the States.