Surprise, surprise!

Yesterday, President Obama admitted that the speed of ISIS's advance had caught them by surprise.

Wonder what they were doing the rest of the time?

The enemy of my enemy is my friend

Arab Spring or Storms?

The Arab spring ain't going so well...Syria,Iraq,Egypt and Libya face unrest and upheaval. Get rid of one dictator and there are a thousand others who pop up willing to take their place.The rhetoric in the West ,aimed at the traditional enemies as well as traditional allies such as Israel,  has become more subdued .

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

getting in touch again

After a few weeks off am back again. Great to have gone away and great to be back again.For the moment still a little dazed by the passage of time and kilometers.

Just waiting for inspiration

Au revoir for now

Am off for a number of weeks..until 20 th september
Take care

Vicious circle

Day by day, month by month , year by year.

Every year it gets worse. Hardly surprising for the seeds of hate and distrust have been sewn and embedded deep in the psyche of both sides.

As always nowadays, it's the innocents who suffer while the extremists continue their ideological battles.Both sides claim justification for what is happening.

It's getting worse because both sides but in particular groups such as Hamas have realised that in order to obtain their objectives hey have to be disciplined, organised and trained. The rumoured plan that they aimed to invade Israel through the tunnels with a large number of their organisation is probably what led Israel to their assault some three weeks ago.

Gaza is a strategic tool and even though the current conflagration might eventually die down  , it will only be temporary before the next and possibly more violent outbreak takes place.