The hazards of peace!

With the U.S president in the Mideast, trying to keep his tryst with destiny by brokering a peace deal with Israel and Palestine, gave a very nice speech regarding peace. It is not anything new, something that all those interested in brokering peace in the Middle east had already given. All that George bush had to do was to go back and sift through history and do a copy and paste [ providing he knows how to do it] and then give his speech.

But, I do have to say that going to the Middle east at a time like this certainly takes guts and on that, I think that we can all agree, that George bush does indeed have the chutzpah! As far as peace in the Middle east is concerned, that is not going to be easy at all, the Palestine issue was unduly complicated by the British when they vacated the place. Now, it is one big unholy mess and with no easy solution in sight, I cannot for the life of me see how Georgie is going to convert this visit into something of a success!

Cheap politics and gun control!

At times when there has been a news of a disaster or something of that kind, one would expect that all the politicians would all come together and lend support to the local community that has been affected. But all that they do is to gather the victims around them and give very long winded speeches and make it sound as though their rivals are to blame for the entire thing.
This is totally deplorable and yes, I know that the elections for the U.S president is just around the corner and even that does not excuse the kind of ugly behaviour shown by both the democrats and the republicans in the recent speeches in view of the latest shooting spree that took place recently!

George Bush to talk about the new Iraq Vision??

What a vision it has been for the rest of the world.this war was wrong to start off with.anyway now that Iraq is in the midst of the 'war on terror',with civilians and soldiers dying there day by day,is it any surprise to any of us that George Bush has a new vision on Iraq now?
But truth be told,there has to be some changes made to the current Iraq policy as it is now.especially with more deaths being reported from there day by day.and the U.S soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners certainly did not help matters any way whatsoever.so what can the new policy be all about?well,for one,total withdrawal out of the question as that would only result in Iraq getting into a civil war or worse into another 10 year war with Iran.but what the U.S can do now is to do some damage control and bring the United Nations into the picture and make the force that is currently based in Iraq more multinational and at the same time try to see what the Iraqi's really want.bottom line,every Iraqi man and woman,want peace and democracy but that should certainly not come at the price of terror!

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Germany cracks down on terror plots!

One of the first news that i had heard was that the German police had arrested some people on suspicion of plotting future terrorist attacks.i have to say that as a result of such terror attacks the value of civil liberties is going down drastically day by day.every country needs to deal with terrorist attacks on a war footing but it should not come at the cost of civil liberties.
The Australia-Haneef episode clearly highlights how easy it is to make mistakes.people in authority often make mistakes and then they make even worse mistakes in trying to cover up the original mistakes.that said,although on the outset it may seem that arresting someone on the basis of just suspicion may seem like a certain community is being targeted but the reality is that people of that community are the ones who are indulging in such terrorist attacks.what is more,they are using 'terrorism' as an ideology and often madras's or schools of religious thought,which should have been preaching tolerance,just do the opposite and pretty much tell their followers to attack their neighbours.
I am sorry to say this but the prevailing opinion in the world at large is that people belonging to such communities are the ones that should be put under the scanner and they should be viewed with suspicion.it is sad that it has come to this.but if you were to take a world wide poll asking everyone as to which community should they blame for the terrorist attacks,most of them would say that one community.as you can see,i am not naming that community here because i believe in being fair.but if you were to take account of all terrorist attacks all around the world,you will see that most or nearly all of them have been perpetrated by one community and all in the name of religion.if this state of affairs is to continue,then all that these so called terrorists will accomplish is uniting the entire world not just against them but also against their community as well.it will not be long before the world in general starts asking the question,'if members of one community is making such attacks and taking Innocent lives,why should that community be given any privileges?'.
As you can see,the world is not a safe place as it once was and civil liberties are not that valued as it should have been.this scourge of terrorism is shaping the world in ways that both the terrorists as well as the world in general did not envisage.it is high time that governments all over the world went on a war footing.in conclusion i would like to state that what the Berliner's have done with regard to the recent attacks is correct and that is what we should all do.instead of waiting for people to attack us,let us attack them first.undertake an investigation of sorts and when we have obtained concrete evidence of their terrorist beliefs and hatred,act upon it and take them in.most of the civil liberties that we value so much may have already lost its sheen,but at the very least let us save one of the most basic principles of all democracies that 'every citizen is guaranteed safety and security in their own country!"

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