Hi Doug, thank you for taking the time to read this piece and sharing your thoughtful comment. Your experience of "wow, that's a mess" is of course strikingly common in our country and in many ways understandable given how many issues we face and how far away geographically that part of the world is.

As for the need for Bibi to go before the war's end, I concur. I wanted him gone before the war's beginning. If 90% of the country agreed, it probably would have happened. However, he still has a solid core of support and is of course doing everything he can to hold onto power and stay out of prison. Just the brutal facts.

Thanks again for this exchange.