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Joanne's avatar

I would like to add something to the discussion. If one chooses to go into government, especially niche areas, shouldn’t the number one prerequisite be knowing the language spoken in the area. I do remember during the Cold War when knowing Russian was a given. Why, why for decades is there no Diplomats , nor politicians who speak Arabic? How can you run a foreign policy without having any knowledge of what is being spoken? How dare these grovelling politicians, who have no idea what they are talking about be in charge of deciding the future of the Middle East. Until such time, there will always be “East is East and West is West and never the two shall meet “. Shabbat Shalom from a Canadian who really misses Stephan Harper .

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Tim Goodsell's avatar

Excellent. The pity is that neither the Palestinians nor the left world wide will settle for a solution less than the death of every Jew. This has been particularly distressing in the USwhich has exhibited a level of antisemitism that exceeds my worst imagining and a feckless natioal goverment seemingly prepared to abandon Israel for the sake of electoral college votes in Michigan. I always presumed that the Holocaust could never occur in the US. I now believe that is wrong. There are large elements of the general population and distressingly large numbers among the elite class in the government, media and corporate world who would stand by and cheer as the Jews are loaded onto rail cars for transport to the death camps. At the end of the day there are no reliable allies for Israel and the Jewish people. Israel is on its own and must be self sufficient in its economy, its weapons industry and in its defense. It must be prepared to act ruthlessly in its own interests and ignore the handwringing and protestations of its fair weather friends, particularly the US whose rapid leftward drift will make it increasingly unreliable as an ally or supporter.

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