It’s been a difficult time for many of us Americans in the last few years. The war in Israel has Israel fighting for its life. Clearly, it would not have any life at all without U.S. help for the Jewish state. That started in a meaningful way in the Yom Kippur War, when my hero and boss and friend, Richard M. Nixon, stepped in to save Israel from Soviet Bolshevik attempts to kill the Jews, once again.
Without Mr. Nixon’s large-scale help, Israel would have certainly been compelled to use nuclear weapons against Egypt and Syria. The Peacemaker sent Israel anti-anti-aircraft devices that rendered the use of nukes not necessary. Instead, Israel beat the Arabs devastatingly with super strategy and the best air force and armor on this earth. This was all rendered possible, and the world was spared nuclear war, because of Mr. Nixon’s genius and his faithfulness to the Children of Israel.
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Within weeks, left-wing Democrat Jews in Congress and in the media were calling for Mr. Nixon’s head. But thanks to the Peacemaker, Richard Nixon, Israel survived. Not only that but Israel made a lasting peace with Egypt. The Egyptian leaders had come to realize that Israel, with the USA’s collaboration, could not be defeated. They might as well make a good peace — and they did.
But in the world at large and especially in the Middle East, now there has been horrific backsliding. The worst atrocities of the last 50 years against Israel, especially against Jewish women and girls, have led to a worldwide mental illness in which Israel, the clear-cut victim, is blamed for the war crimes of the day. Raping women and girls to death has made Hamas heroes among students and other insane people in this world.
My sister has a fine summary of the situation: “Your basic human is not such a hot item.”
Meanwhile, in our house on a quiet street in a beautiful town, life goes along smoothly. My wife and I grieve day in and day out over the loss of our beloved son, Tommy. He died July 4, 2023, of a horrible disease. We pray over our handsome son every day. In the meantime, we watch the best documentaries we can find about World War II. We thank God for the allied fighters and their families who beat back the Nazis. One of them was my father-in-law, Col. Dale Denman, Jr., West Point grad, Silver Star laureate.
His daughter, Alexandra Denman, has been my wife since 1968. We have had our bad times. But over all, she has been the finest human being I have ever met. She is staggeringly beautiful and still is at the age of 76. Far more important, she is the most forgiving woman on earth. She is brilliant. Thanks largely to my pal Don Simpson, production chief at Paramount, she became one of the highest-ranking women in Hollywood, eventually becoming general counsel of United Artists.
She never lies. She never holds a grudge. She would kill for Nixon and for Israel, and of course for the USA. She has NO meanness of spirit about her. Her loyalty to me is breathtaking.
I am endlessly amazed at the truth that I have ever known only one perfect human being: and I am married to that human being.
I’ll write more about her as time passes. At this moment, I’ll just say that love rules our house, and all thanks to my goddess. Friends ask what is my “bucket list.”
It’s to spend as much time as possible with my goddess.
If you have a deity in your house, you can make the same simple wish.
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