I had a great time Monday night at a Friends of the IDF fundraising dinner as one of about 500 people in attendance. It was a full house at the Newton Marriott.

Many of the usual crowd of crusty losers along with the latest rotating crop of young Sith apprentices were ineffectually protesting in the dark out on the roadway outside. They weren't much of a bother to drive past, and they served as a good fundraising tool inside the hall. Thank you.

Speakers included a wounded American serviceman who participated in the Wounded Warrior Project's Soldier Ride in Israel with other wounded soldiers from both America and Israel, as well as two IDF soldiers who told their stories.

The headliner was the incomparable John Bolton. A couple of take aways from his speech were when he described the most reasonable solution to the Palestinian/Israeli conflict as a three-state solution, with Gaza is absorbed by Egypt, and those parts of the West Bank not claimed by Israel absorbed by Jordan. He also said the window was closing the time for the world to take action against an Iranian nuclear program. Hearkening back to the Osirak era, he said that Israel shouldn't have to go it alone this time, but may decide it has to.

Hey, the food was pretty good, too.

The FIDF does a lot of good work and is a great way to show your support for people fighting our mutual enemies. You can find out more about their mission, as well as ways to give and participate, at the FIDF web site.