PS I am home from the hospital. I went in on 07-10 for Jejno-tube ("Juno") attachment surgery. It's a feeding tube to my small intestine that gives me a chance to survive this cancer, because my treatment includes removing my esophagus and then rebuilding one with tissue from the stomach. Makes your stomach smaller but quite successful. Simple, no "Juno-tube", no ReservoirDog.
Yes, 07-10, meaning, I went under the knife and the world was one way, and when I awoke, it was another. Oh, and so was I.
There is no problem in existence that can be solved, partially solved, or even left unencumbered, by the killing of civilians. This is an ethical position on which was built International Law, and the UN Charter. You will find it offered as a prescription in such places as The Holy Bible, The Torah, The Quran... and many, many other central texts. Personally, my morals are not prescribed to me by a 'faith' that existed before I did, merely my own, individual, non-ethno-cultural, 1+1=2's. Yes, logic.
It is a simple, ethical position from which we invented International Law. Regardless the absurdity of our politics currently (the result of immoral conflict entrepreneurs), International Law ranks extremely high among human achievements. This is an objective measure, with an overwhelming and seeming unending volume of positives that are directly, existentially, given a place to happen by this achievement 80 years ago.
So, reports from my first contact with the enemy, which was a serious skirmishing, are very informative and empowering. I know exactly what I need to do to win and even dominate, I just need the state of mind to maintain that in as unbroken a fashion as possible for the duration of 6 months.
It has so clearly picked the wrong hombre.