v’halachti imachem b’chamas Kerry

I’m not a navi, I don’t have ruach hakodesh, this is not da’as Torah.  I think it’s common sense.  If we, Klal Yisrael, threaten boycotts of Yehudah and Shomron, threaten to leave Eretz Yisrael, midah k’negged midah our enemies will be spiritually empowered to attack us with boycotts and with threats against our sovereignty over the land, etc. 

Here’s a Bloomberg article; a similar one ran yesterday in the Times of Israel.  Read about Obama and Kerry y’mach shemam’s threats and ultimatums.  Read about their illusions -- the "success" they think they have had with Iran, even as Iran continues its efforts to build a nuclear weapon; the "success" they think they have had in Syria, which still has not dismantled its chemical weapons and where over 100,000 have been killed; the "success" they have had in Russia, which just invaded the Ukraine.  (Update: Another excellent piece in Commentary here.)  Melech tipeish or simply a rasha?  Who knows.  V’halachti imachem b’chamas Kerry.

 

What is most upsetting about the situation is how little it seems we can do.  It is a tremendous challenge when all avenues of hishtadlus are basically moot and all we have is Torah and tefillah.  We as a people need a lot of chizuk...