And wasn't, for example, Shock and Ah an act of terrorism. The invasion of those countries was an act of terrorism if you happened to live in those countries. They certainly didn't invade to liberate them. They were bombed back into the stone age so that they could be reconstructed in the west's image and of course to exploit their resources.
Shock N Awe or was it really Shekinah?
Shekhinah is derived from the Hebrew verb שכן. In
Biblical Hebrew the word means literally
to settle, inhabit, or
dwell, and is used frequently in the
Hebrew Bible. (See
Exodus 40:35, "Moses could not enter the Tent of Meeting, for the cloud rested [
shakhan] upon it, and the glory of the Lord filled the
Tabernacle." See also e.g.
Genesis 9:27, 14:13,
Psalms 37:3,
Jeremiah 33:16), as well as the weekly
Shabbat blessing recited in the
Temple in Jerusalem ("May He who causes His name to dwell [
shochan] in this House, cause to dwell among you love and brotherliness, peace and friendship"). In Mishnaic Hebrew the word is often used to refer to birds' nesting and nests. ("Every bird nests [
shechinot] with its kind, and man with its like, Talmud Baba Kammah 92b.) and can also mean "neighbor" ("If a neighbor and a scholar, the scholar is preferred" Talmud Ketubot 85b). The word "Shekhinah" also means "royalty" or "royal residence" (The
Greek word σκήνη - dwelling - is thought to be derived from שכינה and שכן.
[citation needed]) The word for
Tabernacle,
mishcan, is a derivative of the same root and is used in the sense of dwelling-place in the Bible, e.g.
Psalm 132:5 ("Before I find a place for God,
mishcanot (dwelling-places) for the Strong One of Israel.") Accordingly, in classic
Jewish thought, the Shekhinah refers to a dwelling or settling in a special sense, a dwelling or settling of
divine presence, to the effect that, while in proximity to the Shekhinah, the connection to God is more readily perceivable.
