2024 10 Spain

Spain 4,

Oct. 17, 2024,

Hi Everyone,

‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times’ to quote Dickens.

Today they killed Sinwar. Should I be happy that a fellow human being was killed? I am sorry to say, yes. Personally, he tried to kill me twice and I take that very personally. If you have read my blog, you will see that I feel that I was personally attacked twice. My opinion never changes. A war ends when 1 side drops his weapons, puts his hands over his head, drops to his knees and says ‘nicht schissen ’. Nothin has changed since 45, and for 50,000 years for that matter.

In a war, there are 5 constants. 1, there is a winner and there is a loser. 2, the winner writes the history. 3, money changes hands. 4, territory changes hands. 5, some people have to move. This has been a rule for 50,000 years. Why does this rule not apply to Israel?

Sinwar spent many years in an Israeli prison for terrorism. He was released on a prisoner exchange and continued his terrorism. He had a brain tumour. He was operated on in an Israeli hospital where doctors saved his life. Oct. 7 was the thanks that Israel received. With him gone, Hamas should surrender and move forward with peace and rebuilding. But they would have to change the Hamas Charter which is available on the internet and which should be compulsory reading for those woke people before they continue with their demonstrations.

I am in Torremolinos, on the Canadian National Triathlon Team, Age Group 75-79 Sprint. I am very proud to represent Canada here. I took part in the Parade of Nations last evening, which unfortunately was not as well organized as in Hamburg last year. Nevertheless, the atmosphere here is electric. The streets in Torremolinos have been cordoned off for the race. We all had our start times. I was in the over 70 age group. Wet suits were an option but not obligatory. That was my first mistake as I usually don’t swim well with a wetsuit and as I am from Quebec, am used to cold water. Sometimes I don’t run well, rarely do I not swim well. Today was one of those days. I won’t go into the details as the stats are obvious. The organization here and the strict adherence to rules in difficult conditions was over the top. There were 1 foot waves, and a 750m course took 1100m. There will be many complaints. My language was not exemplary. I have never run so many ….. words together in 1 ‘sentence’.

I rented my bike until Sunday and will take a trip to Malaga 1 day and to Marbella another day. I pick up my motorcycle on Monday. I have a brunch with the team tomorrow.

Love,

Brian