Have you any disapproval of the destruction of Iraq and Libya to get their oil? Would you rank that as better or worse than camping on a public square?
I am not going to revive the original Iraq invasion arguments, that would be ridiculous.
On the subject of Libya, NATO was keen to help, but almost all of Libya's oil goes to Europe, not the US.
I’m now home after 12 days of listening intently (morning, afternoon, and evening) to two peoples of three faiths: Palestinians and Israelis who are Christian, Jewish, and Muslim. I was travelling with the Working Group on Middle East Policy, which will report to the 41st General Council in 2012 on how the United Church can contribute to a just peace in the Middle East. We were joined by two members of the Theology and Inter-Church Inter-Faith Committee.
Janes Weekly Defence Review has a strong reputation for reliability. Recently, it has reported that Israel has 100 to 300 nuclear warheads.Israel also has at least two submarines designed to launch nuclear missiles, with another being built. It also has considerable stockpiles of chemical and bacteriological weapons. Oh, yes, the missiles have a range of over 11,000 kms.
With Israel's deliberate and public ihumiliation of Ofama and Biden, by announcing they were stepping up the building of illegal settlements and thus destroying any peace talks, We have surely come to the end of a road.
Even an ass-kisser like Harper has said he regrets the Israeli move.
The United Church of Canada and the country's largest Jewish group will meet next week to try to salvage a relationship marked by nearly a year of unprecedented tension, the National Post has learned.
