JohnHuang2: thanks for the wide-ranging nature of your posts and your excellent commentary.
SleavelessinSeattle: thanks for your insight and passion on issues and your concern for the next generation.
Clive and Cincinatus'Wife: thanks for caring about Africa and especially Zimbabwe and for your advocacy on behalf of a brave people who have acted within the boundaries of democracy, and who deserve better than the thuggery of Mugabe. It's heartening to see that FReepers have a vision for a free and democratic Africa.
dennisw and weikel: thanks for your posts and our shared passion for Israel (and our shared loathing of the Saudis). It's good to have someone with which to commiserate.
diogenesis: your pics have been awesome, and necessarily brutal at times (I'm still tryiing to understand that Constantinople thing...)
swarthguy: you appeared just in time to provide so much info and insight on South Asia. (You have a good sense of humor too).
2sheep and Thinkin' Gal: Your insights on scripture have been awesome and thought-provoking. Thanks for the encouragement to mine deeper and see more clearly the obvious.
Grampa Dave: you're funny when your angry ! I enjoy your vicious little rants ! Keep it up.
knighthawk: so glad you didn't leave us. You are our window on Europe. Without you I wouldn't have understood the meaning of Pym's assassination and the issues his campaign and death exposed. Don't lose hope for Holland !
section9: you are my go-to guy for military and geo-political strategy. Thanks for all the intrigue.
Thank you JimRob.
Thank you brave American servicemen and women, and thanks to our allies, especially the British, the Canadians, the Aussies, the Israelis and the Turks.