Richard Baehr, CoFounder of and contributor to American Thinker

50 years plus one day after the start of the Yom Kippur War in 1973- the Holiday, and the Sabbath - Coincidence?

Iran's involvement - the $6 billion they received from US

It is a "Failure of Imagination" to assume everything is as it has always been

Going forward Hezbollah has a more comprehensive range.

There are complications if there are several countries who may have citizens that have been kidnapped and used in negotiations

Difference between civilization and lack of civilization.

Tough equation for the good guys to win

They have no ethics like ours.