Hmmm ... thought you were a better study, but maybe I was being too obscure.

The line is a "riff" from Revelations [19:11].

The name John originates in Hebrew with the meaning "Yhwh is gracious" and there is a school of thought that places John, the author of Revelations, in punitive exile on the isle of Patmos. [I used the intentional "sounds-like" jondra "Padmus" to deter Googlers].

And, I wasn't thinking at all of your position in the Iraq war but Bush's since he implied he was doing God's will and the rider bore the name "King of Kings/Lord of Lords" on his thigh, and I see it as a 21st century variant of the Crusades.



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Didymus, did you see that PBS documentary that said there was a province in between Egypt and Canaan called Ywh? And, that's where they think they got the name from? During guys travelling from Egypt to Canaan, they must have passed through that province...



Didn't see it. If you have a name for it, I'll give it watch.

I tend to the camp that sees the name as a "future" variant of the verb "to be". Thus the line "tell them 'I AM'" when asked his name in Exodus.

But, I'm always open to new schools of thought.


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But, I don't know what you're supposed to do after the UN's passed ~10 resolutions over the last 12 years saying they have to open their country up to WMD inspectors, and they just laugh at them and kick the inspectors out. Do you just keep passing resolutions?



That's up to the UN. It was THEIR resolution. If they want to be a gutless, useless organization that is their choice. And, even if you feel the US should play unpaid "world policeman", I don't see why we had to go RIGHT THEN. Why not just continue the economic sanctions and, say, shame France & Russia for not acting over that time?

I'll never understand the rush. He wasn't going anywhere and had nothing that could impact say, Israel, let alone us.

I was very sure at the time that he had NOTHING to do with 9/11 and Al Qaeda. But, even I was surprised that he had no WMDs.

I always saw the bigger problem as Iran anyway. Saddam was toothless and never was going to be a threat to the United States. Iran is clearly a danger.
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