Finally putting this somewhere.

Nobody has ever waited for permission to start a movement. They just move, slightly before the signal, and hope someone follows. Most don’t, yet sometimes three people do, then they become a crowd, then the crowd becomes inevitable.Spare Thoughts is a series of my short, numbered observations No. 01 is below. The rest are coming.

In May 2025, the world got a first-hand look at what a modern missile defense system looks like during a major international conflict, when Israel attacked Iran and triggered a rapid retaliation. What most people saw was a piece of Israeli Missile Defense system referred to as the Iron Dome. But that name hides a more complicated reality. The Iron Dome is only the lowest …