We're In The Army Now

Well, for the next six months postings are going to be a bit erratic. More erratic than normal that is. Yes, the Camel is off to Tzahal (the Israel Defence Forces) to fend off hordes of marauding Arabs from Israel's borders. Also, if you hear of any mysterious explosions in Damascus or Tehran during the next six months you'll know who's behind them, if you know what I mean, nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more, nod's as good as a wink to a blind man...or something.

But never fear, the Camel will return, probably as grouchy and irrascible as ever and the Punctillious Penguin may be posting in his stead, although that remains to be see as the Penguin himself may be joining the Camel in the army menagerie defending the borders of our land...well, at least making some coffee for the people defending the borders of our land.

Anyways, as Prince George said to Blackadder "Toodle ooo and all that".


He Who blessed our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob -- may He bless the fighters of the Israel Defense Forces, who stand guard over our land and the cities of our God, from the border of the Lebanon to the desert of Egypt, and from the Great Sea unto the approach of the Aravah, on the land, in the air, and on the sea.

May the Almighty cause the enemies who rise up against us to be struck down before them. May the Holy One, Blessed is He, preserve and rescue our fighters from every trouble and distress and from every plague and illness, and may He send blessing and success in their every endeavor.

May He lead our enemies under our soldiers' sway and may He grant them salvation and crown them with victory. And may there be fulfilled for them the verse: For it is the Lord your God, Who goes with you to battle your enemies for you to save you.

Now let us respond: Amen.