I think the sensible thing to say is that one has no sympathy whatsoever with either the ghastly Israeli or the atrocious Palestinian governments, but has every sympathy with the innocent civilians w… (View Post)

The trouble is that they have a sinking feeling, common amongst the even-slightly-reallistic left since the collapse of the Cold War, that the policies they believe in with their hearts, don't a… (View Post)

The whole industry is based on more hype than just about anything I've ever seen. You can even see that in the name. It's not Intelligence in any meaningful sense because it's not self… (View Post)

I'm also in the US and I agree. My current host is too busy working about his Hispanic American citizen wife being snatched off the street and disappearing into a gulag forever. Other friends of… (View Post)

That's a very shrewd comment I think. Processes often exist for a reason, but they should always be a means to an end rather than an end in themselves. Over and over again, under this government… (View Post)