Build Bridges, But Be Prepared For War

I'm sitting at a restaurant in New York. I hear a familiar accent coming from a young woman at the next table. 
Her child is smiling and staring at me. 
I ask: "Where are you from?" She says: "Jordan".
I respond: "Where in Jordan?" She answers: "not really Jordan but a place called Rahmallah." 

For the next hour we talked of how Islamic Jihad is destroying the Middle East and how much we both miss houmus. 

The photo above is when I served as a Humanitarian Officer in the IDF at a security checkpoint outside of ..... Rahmallah! 

We must always try to build bridges, but be prepared for war.