Hey everybody.

Welcome to the Muckering podcast.

I'm Jody.D. It's I'm Nick.

Nick, you know, we sometimes have fun on this show and, you know, we're dealing with a lot of serious things.

So, you know, sometimes you have to laugh in order to break the tension, particularly when you're dealing with some really scary things.

But we have a a really

serious show today oh we do uh sorry i thought you were i didn't realize anyway yes uh we

we have to uh we have to talk about you know what's going on in israel right now and um you know

uh at a it's not even just the as of the attack. It's just how it was

how it was done. Every facet that we need to talk about is going to make it worse and sound worse.

But it's really, really, really important to pull this apart and understand where we are so we can

figure out how to, how to, you know, get through this.

It's hugely important. And, you know, just to speak for myself and I have to assume you and a lot of

our listeners, because the McRaeck-Podcast is a very particular type of podcast. I know for me,

when it comes to things of this magnitude, such as the attacks in Israel and the ongoing

conflict there, it's a really frightening, upsetting thing. It's truly, truly horrifying, but it

helps me to understand it, to think about it, to pull it apart, put it back together.

What we know so far, before we get into the minutia of the actual event, historical context, and also forecasting

into the future and what we're watching. For those who haven't heard or maybe have avoided it and

need to get caught up to speed, on Saturday, Hamas began a completely unprecedented out-of-nowhere attack against Israel.

Militants storm the border by land, air, and sea after a bombardment of rockets.

They attacked dozens of towns, sites, and bases.

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