The Post Before We Leave for Florida

Good morning, Stroock's Books people. 

Ahhh...Florida tonight. Miami, followed by South Beach and then the Keys. We won't be doing any work whatsoever. We could use the break. 

We've plenty of ju-ju though for the 5th nuke novel. We shall allow that ju-ju to percolate (jujinate?).

But we are offline beginning tonight. 

Trump's peace proposal seems generous or trusting, anyway. We're of two minds. Either the war is going badly and Trump is trying to cut a deal to get out. Or this proposal is Trump's final offer before escalating further (paras, marines, etc etc). Which is more likely? Seem's like the war will go on, no?

Iran talks tough, acts like it's dragging America into some kind of quagmire and makes unreasonable demands. Iran must needs do so. Any other stance would be a sign of weakness. Meanwhile the US and Israel destroy Iranian infrastructure. The 'Iranian street' remains quiet, probably for a reason, no? 

Everyone's talking about the marines seizing Kharq Island. But what if the real target is Kish Island which could cover a large swath of the Iranian coast and is much closer to the Strait of Hormuz? Nobody knows nuthin'.

Trump's political situation at home...worsens. 

World War 1990: Ireland has 9 ratings and two reviews on Amazon for a 4.4 rating. We usually wait for ten ratings before making an assessment and a couple of early ratings were two and three stars. We 'll reserve judgement. Sales are declining but still accumulating. Because Ireland is dragging up other books, we've made its production costs back, but Ireland is not profitable on its own...yet.

Off to Florida!