[ZephyrLeanne]

Originally Posted by LynnieS

If Israel doesn't already have a rather strong military, you might be able to do something along this line; however and unless it is willing to surrender (even a portion) control of its armed forces, that's not going to happen. And Israel will not - unless things changed drastically with lots of guarantees of protection and so on - do that. Guarantees that have very little chance of being kept, IMHO.

And it's not just Israel that I see standing in the way either. Christians and Muslims may have problems giving access also - at least the more hardened zealots anyway. Jerusalem is important to all three, and it just takes 1 guy - if he's important enough - to cause problems for everyone.

Topic change... I'm now trying to find the latest U.S. Social Security report that says the current net deficit is US$5.8 billion for August 2009. That's not a big deal - considering that a deficit has been ran for awhile now - but the future value as of 2037 on 4% RR for this extra borrowing is US$17 billion. That, current analysis is saying, will likely move the "drop dead" date of Social Security up from 2037.

Here you go.
http://www.istockanalyst.com/article...icleid/3464994