From the mouths of conservatives…

Well one,albeit a some what important one -British PM David Cameron…

‘Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp.’..[@].

You don’t say…my,my will “miracles” never cease .

Imagine  no longer can the reality be denied, not even by Conservatives ( Cnd PM Harper* regrettable not being one of em), i.e  the reality that is  Israel’s 60+ year-old occupation & it’s penchant for collective punishment and denying an entire People  the most basic of human rights.

Which begs the question, what would Israel  have done onto Palestinians  had it not been a  “democracy“  or had it not been “respectful/mindful” of the rule-of-law ?

I try not to be cynical, but hell sometimes its just impossible not to be. Does that make me anti-Semitic ?

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* But then again is Harper really a Conservative ,or is he just a confused  ideologue ? There is a difference after all …being Conservative does not imply  stupidity nor an unwillingness to face reality or  objective facts. The venerable  George Grant (1918-1988) comes to mind, and who can forget the “old man” himself, John Diefenbaker (1895-1979).

Divide and Conquer ;Pitting Immigrant workers against locals

The specter of racism & xenophobia is stalking the U.K ,so says the government,as it rushes to the defense of industry.

Union leaders warned that Gordon Brown had risked “inflaming” the situation by “condemning” workers with legitimate complaints.

Under New Labor No-Labor, it seems the rights & concerns of workers are yet again of little or no importance.

British workers have alleged that they have been barred from applying to work on major construction projects across the country.

They claim that some firms are using loopholes in European laws to only hire cheaper foreign workers.

How is it justifiable to bar locals from employment while at the same time bringing  in foreign workers .Can one really blame British workers ,particularly in these uncertain times ?

Well yes says the  New Labor No-Labor government …

The Prime Minister and Lord Mandelson, the Business Secretary, have condemned the unofficial action. Mr Brown said he recognised people were “worried” about jobs being taken by workers from other countries, but stressed that the UK was part of a “single European market”. He said the strikes were “not defensible”.

If only it were that simple.

Waiting in the wings,hoping to exploit this situation to it’s advantage, is surprise the British National Party(BNF) and other  right-wing extremists.

Welcome to your nightmare,courtesy of   New Labor No-Labor.

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Georgia the little Republic that could do no wrong

So it supposedly goes.

In that short but bloody little war that was South Ossetia.The commonly held narrative is one which has little Georgia valiantly attempting to fend of the autocratic Russian bear.

There’s just one problem with that narrative,it’s not true..

Research by both the BBC…

The carefully balanced report- cuts the ground from beneath later Georgian claims that its attack on South Ossetia followed the start of a Russian invasion the previous night.

And Human Rights Watch have uncovered evidence that point to a reality that was in fact the opposite of what was reported at the time…

Research by the international investigative organization Human Rights Watch also points to indiscriminate use of force by the Georgian military, and the possible deliberate targeting of civilians.

Indiscriminate use of force is a violation of the Geneva Conventions, and serious violations are considered to be war crimes.

As the truth begins to emerge, Western officials who were basically Georgian cheerleaders at the time, have begun to express misgivings…

British foreign secretary David Miliband now accepts Georgia was “reckless” and says he treats the war crimes allegations “extremely seriously”. US assistant secretary of state, Daniel Fried, meanwhile concedes Georgia’s attack on Tskhinvali was “wrong on several levels”,

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