"Tattle-Tale"

There was an old Beatles song called “Do You Want to Know a Secret?” It was a chart topper when I was in high school. We all have secrets that we would rather not have revealed to the world. As an adolescent, secrets are rampant, and only trusted friends are told our deepest thoughts and feelings. I’m sure the ladies reading this are more familiar with this than the guys; girls are much more open to one another than men are; guys are always trying to preserve an image.

Once in a while we tell a secret to a trusted confidant and that trust is broken, and we find out that friend isn’t as trustworthy as we thought. Sometimes we use the name “tattle tale” in regards to those who have “spilled the beans” on a secret we were trying to keep. Sisters and brothers are lousy secret keepers, and they will “rat you out” in a heartbeat to Mom and Dad pretty fast if they believe they will gain an advantage over you.

In this election year, we have seen countless “secrets” told about prospective candidates, in order for their opponents to gain an advantage. In the workplace, we often see one employee “tell on” another employee to get ahead in the organization, and to gain favor with the Boss! We must be very careful when we tell someone a secret, and we must be choosy about who we consider a close “confidant”.

In the world, there are also secrets to be kept. Beneath the surface of what the average person reads in the newspaper is what may be called “shadow deals” and “secret talks” that most of us will never know anything about. These actions are done to preserve what we call a normal society and peaceful world. We have those we can trust, and those with whom we will have few dealings, as they are untrustworthy.

When I was in the service, I had “Top Secret” clearance, and I went through a scrupulous investigation to have that clearance, and I knew things that were not available to the general public and the average soldier. The Army is very careful about who they trust. A nation should be no less careful when it comes to trust; the fate of millions could be affected.

Recently, Israel said they would not let the United States know if they decided to use a military solution against Iran’s nuclear warhead ambitions. They said it was so Iran couldn’t blame the United States for complicity in the military action. This was diplomatic talk, when in reality, it says that Israel doesn’t trust the United States to “keep a secret”. President Obama has done his best to distance the United States from Israel since he took office, and his constant apologies to all Muslim regimes lends credence to the belief he has no lost love for the Israeli people. I believe that our current President has done more damage to United State-Israeli relations than I thought was possible from any American president. His suggestion of rolling borders back to 1967 was an insult, which he never should have mentioned! His demeanor with Israeli leadership is nearly insulting in relation to his demeanor with Muslim nations. I don’t blame Israel for their reticence in giving any early information to the United States at this time. I hope that there is no military conflict in the Middle-East, but if there is, I hope Israel measures their trust carefully, because there might be a “tattle-tale” in the Oval Office!

(Yesterday Israel stated it wants America to act against Iran, stay tuned!)