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I was determined to detonate something…

Dan Keyser takes shelter in the trenches while we wait for detonation

Syrian Patrol, we had to duck when they came by.

While traveling through the Northern Part of the Golan Heights, Daniel and myself made a feeble attempt to make entry into Syria. We were denied under suspicion of being spies (of course…) and sent back immediately. Our scheme of revenge was going to be swift… This is what happened: We hiked up along the ridge line (strategically the Golan holds a militaristic advantage) and found some perfectly good trenches (still being used I am sure, just not that day) to protect ourselves in. We then proceeded to find as many rocks as we could to throw down onto the land mine field (just on the other side of the trenches) when Syrian patrol wasn’t driving by. Our intent was that if we could detonate a couple land mines, the world would be a better place for it. Needless to say, we did not get proper Israeli/Syrian Revenge by ridding the world of a few more unnecessary land mines, but our work is never done (we got many good years ahead of us). Not to bring back my hatred for fences, but these (borders and land mines) fall in the same category. Fences cage humans in the worst of ways. In the United States they cage our imaginations and sense of creativity. In the middle East they cage people into condensed and desperate areas… I can’t help but think that these cages are the cause of desperate things like terrorism, blind faith, and violence.

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