Hope for the best.

Expect the worst.

Some bring Champagne, some die of furs.

A-a-furs.

The way of knowing which way it's going.

Hope are the best expect the worst.

Oh for the best expect the worst. Welcome to the

the Commentary Magazine Daily Podcast. Today is Wednesday, September 25,

2024. I am John Puthor. It's the editor of Commentary Magazine with me as always executive editor,

Aig Greenwald, hi Abe.

Hi, John. Senior editor Seth Mandel, hi Seth.

Hi, John. And joining us today, Commentary magazine contributing editor Big Cheese Podcast Host, YouTube Host,

for the Foundation of the Defense of Democracy's Jonathan Schanser, hi Jonathan.

Hey John.

Where Jonathan is in a Hilton Garden Inn in New Jersey

where the coffee is terrible,

so we're going to try to cheer him up by just laying out a quick

scenario about what's going on in Lebanon which should make everybody except

medihasan happy so israel start except Medi Hassan happy. So Israel starts out by exploding the pagers. Then people have to go from the pagers to the

walkie-ies. So it explodes the walkie

talkies. Then they have to meet in person since they can no longer communicate. They have

to go to some central location they must have said, you know,

...